destined for literature

Before I ever wrote a single line, I knew, in some mysterious and therefore unequivocal way, that I was destined for literature. What I didn’t realize at first is that besides being destined to be a reader, I was also destined to be a writer, and I don’t think one is less important than the other.

Jorge Luis Borges
Seven Conversations with Jorge Luis Borges
Fernando Sorrentino