Any life, however long and complicated it may be, actually consists of…

Jorge Luis Borges
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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. ✨ Jorge Luis Borges, Andrew Hurley (2004). Aleph and other stories, Penguin Classics
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