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Dreamtigers
Dreamtigers | Jorge Luis Borges
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Poems, stories, and personal reflections reveal the interwoven existence of imagination and reality in the mind of the South American writer
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Dreamtigers | Jorge Luis Borges
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There is a line in Verlaine I shall not recall again,
There is a street close by forbidden to my feet,
There's a mirror that's seen me for the very last time,
There is a door that I have locked till the end of the world.
Among the books in my library (I have them before me)
There are some that I shall never open now.
This summer I complete my fiftieth year;
Death is gnawing at me ceaselessly.

saresmoore Welp, I‘m not looking forward to turning 50! 😳 6y
Bookwomble @saresmoore Been there, done that! 😂 I first read this a few years before I turned the half-century, which actually came and went without much fuss 😊 6y
saresmoore As it should! Unless the fuss is people scrambling to gift you with books. 😉 6y
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Bookwomble @saresmoore I will have definitely got books, of only because I will have bought some for myself. You have to plan these things you avoid disappointment 😁 6y
Bookwomble Good grief, my grammar is terrible in that comment! 6y
saresmoore It‘s true. My preferred birthday celebration is always a nice, quiet lunch and several hours alone in a musty, old bookstore. My family have stopped trying to throw me surprise parties. 6y
Bookwomble @saresmoore A surprise party would not be high on my list of enjoyable things. 6y
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Dreamtigers | Jorge Luis Borges
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Leaving behind the babble of the plaza, I enter the Library. I feel, almost physically, the gravitation of the books, the enveloping serenity of order, time magically dessicated and preserved.

vivastory Borges is one of my favorites! 7y
Bookwomble @vivastory I've only read Dreamtigers, Fictions, and The Book of Imaginary Beings by Borges, but I've really enjoyed them so I'll be reading more. 7y
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Dreamtigers | Jorge Luis Borges
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#QuotsyMay18 Day 3: Only Borges can make #Yesterday sound unbelievably complex.

batsy Love this quote and image 💫 7y
GatheringBooks @batsy thank you!! 😘📚🤗 7y
TK-421 Great quote & haunting image! 7y
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