To be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immor…

Jorge Luis Borges
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To be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are ignorant of death; what is divine, terrible, incomprehensible, is to know that one is immortal. ✨ Jorge Luis Borges, Donald A. Yates, James East Irby (1964). Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings, p.114, New Directions Publishing
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