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There is no point in being overwhelmed by the appalling total of human sufferring; such a total does not exist. Neither poverty nor pain is accumulable.

Jorge Luis Borges

A man sets himself the task of portraying the world. Shortly before he dies he discovers that this patient labyrinth of lines is a drawing of his own face.
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Drawing Face Man Portray
In our dreams (writes Coleridge) images represent the sensations we think they cause; we do not feel horror because we are threatened by a sphinx; we dream of a sphinx in order to explain the horror we feel.
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Dreams Feeling Horror Sensation
I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books.
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Book Myself Sleep
The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing.
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Flattery Poster Worth
The minotaur more than justifies the existence of the labyrinth.
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Existence Justify
Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor.
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Allow Forgiveness Myself See Sin
The things that are said in literature are always the same. What is important is the way they are said.
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Expression Important Literature
Many of the characters are fools and they’re always playing tricks on me and treating me badly.
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Character Fools Myself Play Trick
Each thing implies the universe.
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One Liner Universe
Poetry remembers that it was an oral art before it was a written art.
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Art Oral Poetry Remember Writing
Everything touches everything.
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Connection One Liner Touch
I suppose identity depends on memory. And if my memory is blotted out, then I wonder if I exist – I mean, if I am the same person. Of course, I don’t have to solve that problem. It’s up to God, if any.
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Existence Identity Memories Problem Solution
Creativity is suspended between memory and forgetting.
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Creativity Forget Memories
The mightiest love was granted him Love that does not expect to be loved.
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Expectation Himself Love
He consorted with prostitutes and poets and with persons even worse.
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People Poet Prostitute Worst
To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely.
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Death Easy Live Religion

There is no point in being overwhelmed by the appalling total of human sufferring; such a total does not exist. Neither poverty nor pain is accumulable.

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