The certainty that everything has already been written annuls us, or r…

Jorge Luis Borges
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The certainty that everything has already been written annuls us, or renders us phantasmal. ✨ Sean Kernan, Jorge Luis Borges (1999). The secret books, Leete'S Island Books
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The certainty that everything has already been written annuls us, or renders us phantasmal. ✨ Sean Kernan, Jorge Luis Borges (1999). The secret books, Leete'S Island Books

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