- I do not know what memory is; I suspect it is not merely the sum of recollections. Shakespeare's Memory
- I, who once imagined paradise under the form of a library, now imagine it as a kind of hell. The Book of Sand
- Nadie rebaje a lágrima o reproche esta declaración de la maestría de Dios, que con magnífica ironía me dio a la vez los libros y la noche. The Maker
- I saw myself reflected in all the mirrors on earth, and not one forgot me. The Aleph
- Any fate, no matter how long and complex, essentially boils down to a single moment—the moment when a person discovers who he is. The Other Death
- Yesterday was the third day of the month, and in the third room of the hotel, Rabbi Marcel Yarmolinsky was found murdered. Death and the Compass
- Eternity is the motionless mirror of time. A History of Eternity
- Every fate, no matter how long and complicated, essentially boils down to a single moment—the moment when a person forever learns who they are. A Universal History of Infamy