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Perhaps the apparent favor of the universe is no more than the crocodile grin of a Doberman breathing hard and about to be hungry?

Jorge Luis Borges

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Heaven and hell seem out of proportion to me: the actions of men do not deserve so much.
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Action Deserve Heaven Hell Man Myself
In general, every country has the language it deserves.
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Country Deserve Language
Censorship is the mother of metaphor.
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Hide Metaphor Mom
Poets, like the blind, can see in the dark.
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Blind Darkness Poet
The original is unfaithful to the translation.
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Faith Original Translation
Democracy is an abuse of statistics.
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Abuse Democracy Statistics
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.
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Feeling Listening Myself Order Writing
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
No one is a poet from eight to twelve and from two to six. Whoever is a poet is one always, and continually assaulted by poetry.
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Age Oneself Poet Poetry
When I wake up, I wake to something worse. It’s the astonishment of being myself.
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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
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
While we are asleep in this world, we are awake in another one.
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Awake Fantasy Philosophy Science World
It means much to have loved, to have been happy, to have laid my hand on the living Garden, even for a day.
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Day Garden Hands Live Love
Doubt is one of the names of intelligence.
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Doubt Inspirational Intelligence Name
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

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