Quote #27
My advanced age has taught me the resignation of being Borges.
More from Jorge Luis Borges
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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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- Truly fine poetry must be read aloud. A good poem does not allow itself to be read in a low voice or silently. If we can read it silently, …
- Like all those possessing a library, Aurelian was aware that he was guilty of not knowing his in its entirety.
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