Here is a nice set of JLB quotes:

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/jorge_luis_borges.html

The journal Nature recently had a review of Funes the Memorious written by Rodrigo Quian Quiroga, a professor at the University of Leicester.  Quite an accomplishment, a review 65 years after publishing.  It is entitled, "In Retrospect: Funes the Memorious."  It gives some history on JLB and relates a visit to JLB's private library and discussions with Maria Kodama.  It also relates science behind the story, which was ahead of its time.  Here is a link to the article:

http://www.vis.caltech.edu/~rodri/papers/Nature_2010.pdf