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I have no way of knowing whether the events that I am about to narrate are effects or causes.
Jorge Luis Borges
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Jorge Luis Borges
Age: 86 †
Born: 1899
Born: August 24
Died: 1986
Died: March 26
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Buenos Ayres
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges
Chorche Louis Borches
Jorge Luis Borges Acevedo
Horhe Luis Borhes
J. L. Borges
H. Bustos Domecq
Khorkhe Luyis Borkhes
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Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo
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The things that are said in literature are always the same. What is important is the way they are said.
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As the end approaches, there are no longer any images from memory - there are only words.
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The word happiness exists in every language it is plausible the thing itself exists.
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It seemed incredible to me that day without premonitions or symbols should be the one of my inexorable death .
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The mightiest love was granted him Love that does not expect to be loved.
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Time is the tiger that devours me, but I am that tiger.
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