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And yet, and yet… Denying temporal succession, denying the self,
denying the astronomical universe, are apparent desperations and
secret consolations. Our destiny is not frightful by being unreal;
it is frightful because it is irreversible and iron-clad. Time is
the substance I am made of. Time is a river which sweeps me along,
but I am the river; it is a tiger which destroys me, but I am the tiger;
it is a fire which consumes me, but I am the fire.
The world, unfortunately, is real; I, unfortunately, am Borges.
— Borges - A New Refutation of Time (1946)
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