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We have a very precise image - an image at times shameless - of what we have lost, but we are ignorant of what may follow or replace it.

We have a very precise image – an image at times shameless – of what we have lost, but we are ignorant of what may follow or replace it.
– Jorge Luis Borges

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  9. It’s a shame that we have to choose between two such second-rate countries as the USSR and the USA. – Jorge Luis Borges
  10. In my soul the afternoon grows wider and I reflect. – Jorge Luis Borges
  11. Reading . . . is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intellectual. – Jorge Luis Borges
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  15. From my weakness, I drew strength that never left me. – Jorge Luis Borges
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  28. I do not know which of us has written this page. – Jorge Luis Borges
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  30. It seemed incredible that this day, a day without warnings or omens, might be that of my implacable death. – Jorge Luis Borges
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