Borges

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    Life and death have been lacking in my life.
    —Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)

    Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire.
    —Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)

    Every writer “creates” his own precursors. His work modifies our conception of the past, as it will modify the future.
    —Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)