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Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) was an Argentine writer, essayist, and librarian, best recognized for his intricate and imaginative short stories. His seminal works include "Ficciones" (1944) and "El Aleph" (1949), collections that explore labyrinthine worlds and philosophical themes. more Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) was an Argentine writer, essayist, and librarian, best recognized for his intricate and imaginative short stories. His seminal works include "Ficciones" (1944) and "El Aleph" (1949), collections that explore labyrinthine worlds and philosophical themes. In 1961, Borges gained international acclaim when he was awarded the first Formentor Prize, which he shared with Samuel Beckett. Borges also served as the director of the National Library of Argentina from 1955 to 1973, a position he held with great distinction. His unique narrative style, blending reality with fantastical elements, marked a significant contribution to 20th-century literature. Borges's work continues to captivate readers with its depth and innovation. less

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"There is no need to build a labyrinth when the entire universe is one"
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"We accept reality so readily - perhaps because we sense that nothing is real"
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"The original is unfaithful to the translation"
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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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"One is allowed to change the past, but only in the libraries."
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"Everything touches everything."
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"Any life, however long and complicated it may be, actually consists of a single moment—the moment when a man knows forever more who he is."
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"I have known uncertainty: a state unknown to the Greeks."
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"Reality is not always probable or likely."
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"The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing"
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"Time is the substance I am made of Time is a river that sweeps 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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"To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god"
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"I am not sure that I exist actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met, all the women that I have loved; all the cities I have visited"
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"I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it suppresses idle details"
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"I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library"
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