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by emmanueloga_ 396 days ago
"I understood that the poet's work wasn't in the poetry; it was in inventing reasons for the poetry to be admirable. Naturally, that ulterior work altered the piece for him—but not for anyone else."

  - J. L. Borges, El Aleph [1]
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1: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8699659-comprend-que-el-tra...