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In all fiction, when a man is faced with alternatives he chooses one at the expense of others.

Jorge Luis Borges

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor.
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Allow Forgiveness Myself See Sin
In Spanish it is very difficult to make things flow, because words are over-long. But in English, you have light words.
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Difficult Light Spanish Word Yourself
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
The worst labyrinth is not that intricate form that can entrap us forever, but a single and precise straight line.
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Forever Form Ourselves Worst
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
To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god.
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Creation Fall Fall In Love God Religion
My books standing there on the shelf do not know that I have written them.
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Book Known Stand Writing
A poet is a discoverer rather than an inventor.
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Discover Invention Poet
While we are asleep in this world, we are awake in another one.
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Awake Fantasy Philosophy Science World
Personally, I am a hedonistic reader; I have never read a book merely because it was ancient. I read books for the aesthetic emotions they offer me, and I ignore the commentaries and criticism.
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Aesthetic Criticism Personal Reading
From my weakness, I drew strength that never left me.
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Inspirational Motivational Weakness
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
I can give you my loneliness, my darkness, the hunger of my heart, I am trying to bribe you with uncertainty, with danger, with defeat.
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Dangerous Darkness Defeat Heart Hungry Lonely Myself
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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Fantasy Hard Time Himself Man Opportunity Skills Story
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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Human Pain Point Suffering
I gazed at every mirror on the planet, not one gave back my reflection.
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Mirror Myself Planet Reflection

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