“Literature is not exhaustible, for the sufficient and simple reason that a single book is not. A book is not an isolated entity: it is a narration, an axis of innumerable narrations. One literature differs from another, either before or after it, not so much because of the text as for the manner in which it is read.”
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Borges, J. L. (n.d.). Literature is not exhaustible, for the sufficient and simple reason that a single book is not. A book is not an isolated entity: it is a narration, an axis of innumerable narrations. One literature differs from another, either before or after it, not so much because of the text as for the manner in which it is read. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/22804-literature-is-not-exhaustible-for-the-sufficient-and/
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Borges, Jorge Luis. “Literature is not exhaustible, for the sufficient and simple reason that a single book is not. A book is not an isolated entity: it is a narration, an axis of innumerable narrations. One literature differs from another, either before or after it, not so much because of the text as for the manner in which it is read.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/22804-literature-is-not-exhaustible-for-the-sufficient-and/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.
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Borges, Jorge Luis. “Literature is not exhaustible, for the sufficient and simple reason that a single book is not. A book is not an isolated entity: it is a narration, an axis of innumerable narrations. One literature differs from another, either before or after it, not so much because of the text as for the manner in which it is read.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/22804-literature-is-not-exhaustible-for-the-sufficient-and/.