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When I feel I’m going to write something, then I just am quiet and I try to listen. Then something comes through. And I do what I can in order not to tamper with it.

Jorge Luis Borges

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Each thing implies the universe.
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The original is unfaithful to the translation.
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Being with you and not being with you is the only way I have to measure time.
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I never reread what I’ve written. I’m far too afraid to feel ashamed of what I’ve done.
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I gazed at every mirror on the planet, not one gave back my reflection.
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A system is nothing more than the subordination of all aspects of the universe to any one of such aspects.
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The worst labyrinth is not that intricate form that can entrap us forever, but a single and precise straight line.
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Art is endless like a river flowing, passing, yet remaining.
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The dictionary is based on the hypothesis — obviously an unproven one — that languages are made up of equivalent synonyms.
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The word happiness exists in every language; it is plausible the thing itself exists.
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Chang Tzu tells us of a persevering man who after three laborious years mastered the art of dragon-slaying. For the rest of his days, he had not a single opportunity to test his skills.
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In all fiction, when a man is faced with alternatives he chooses one at the expense of others.
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Choice Expense Face Fiction Man
Many of the characters are fools and they’re always playing tricks on me and treating me badly.
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My undertaking is not difficult, essentially. I should only have to be immortal to carry it out.
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A poet is a discoverer rather than an inventor.
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Death is just infinity closing in.
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