In the order of literature, as in others, there is no act that is not …

Jorge Luis Borges
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In the order of literature, as in others, there is no act that is not the coronation of an infinite series of causes and the source of an infinite series of effects. ✨ Other Inquisitions. Book by Jorge Luis Borges, 1952.
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In the order of literature, as in others, there is no act that is not the coronation of an infinite series of causes and the source of an infinite series of effects. ✨ Other Inquisitions. Book by Jorge Luis Borges, 1952.

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