Jorge Luis Borges(1899-1986)

His style is so distinct that his name has become an adjective, "Borgesian". The term is generally applied to works that play with a reader's perceptions of conventional reality, usually by destabilizing notions of time and space, blurring the boundaries of fact, fiction, and philosophy, or blending artistic invention with mock criticism and academia. Other elements of the Borgesian style are more subtle, and include an economy of language, an eclectic range of interests, and a dry, ironic humor.

The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be put off; perhaps we all know deep down that we are immortal and that sooner or later all men will do and know all things.