Jorge Luis Borges Time Quotations

Time is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire.

Time forks perpetually toward innumerable futures.

A labyrinth of symbols... An invisible labyrinth of time.

Time, which despoils castles, enriches verses.

Time can't be measured in days the way money is measured in pesos and centavos, because all pesos are equal, while every day, perhaps every hour, is different.

I have sometimes suspected that the only thing that holds no mystery is happiness, because it is its own justification.

The time for your labor has been granted.

Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire.

Being with you and not being with you is the only way I have to measure time.