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Poetry remembers that it was an oral art before it was a written art.

Jorge Luis Borges

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I saw all the mirrors on earth and none of them reflected me.
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Earth Mirror Myself Reflection See
Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire.
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Consume Fire Myself River Substance Time
In my next life I will try to commit more errors.
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Commitment Life Mistake Myself
The dictionary is based on the hypothesis — obviously an unproven one — that languages are made up of equivalent synonyms.
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Dictionary Language Symptoms
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
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
Time is the tiger that devours me, but I am that tiger.
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Animal Time
Reality may avoid the obligation to be interesting, but hypotheses may not.
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Avoid Interest Obligation Reality
Don’t talk unless you can improve the silence.
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Improvement Silence Talk Yourself
If space is infinite, we may be at any point in space. If time is infinite, we may be at any point in time.
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Infinite Point Space Time
A writer’s work is the product of laziness.
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Lazy Poet Work Writing
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
When I wake up, I wake to something worse. It’s the astonishment of being myself.
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Astonishment Myself Wake Up Worst
From my weakness, I drew strength that never left me.
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Inspirational Motivational Weakness
A writer – and, I believe, generally all persons – must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource.
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Believe Myself Resource Writing
Everything touches everything.
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Connection One Liner Touch

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