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Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Jorge Luis Borges

The central fact of my life has been the existence of words and the possibility of weaving those words into poetry.
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Existence Fact Poetry Possible Word
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
Perhaps the apparent favor of the universe is no more than the crocodile grin of a Doberman breathing hard and about to be hungry?
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Breathe Hungry Universe
A poet is a discoverer rather than an inventor.
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Discover Invention Poet
The future has no other reality than as present hope, and the past is no more than present memory.
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Future Hope Memories Present Reality
No one is anyone, one single immortal man is all men. Like Cornelius Agrippa, I am god, I am hero, I am philosopher, I am demon and I am world, which is a tedious way of saying that I do not exist.
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Existence Identity Immortal Man Myself Personality Philosophy
Every novel is an ideal plane inserted into the realm of reality.
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Ideas Novel Plane Reality
Reality may avoid the obligation to be interesting, but hypotheses may not.
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Avoid Interest Obligation Reality
What you really value is what you miss, not what you have.
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Missing Value Yourself
He was very religious; he believed that he had a secret pact with God which exempted him from doing good in exchange for prayers and piety.
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Goodness Prayer Religious Secret
Every man should be capable of all ideas.
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Capable Ideas Man
The future is inevitable and precise, but it may not occur. God lurks in the gaps.
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Future God Occur Weapon
Loneliness does not worry me; life is difficult enough, putting up with yourself and with your own habits.
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Habit Life Lonely Worry Yourself
Art is very mysterious. I wonder if you can really do any damage to art. I think that when we’re writing, something comes through or should come through, in spite of our theories. So theories are not really important.
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Art Damage Important Mystery Theory Writing Yourself
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.
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Immortal Live Truth Willing
The heresies we should fear are those which can be confused with orthodoxy.
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Confusion Orthodox

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