Jorge Luis Borges: I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it sup

I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking — Jorge Luis Borges

I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it suppresses idle details, just as our memory does.

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