Everything that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we may shape our art.
— Jorge Luis Borges Modern

Short fiction, magical realism

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Date / Period

1970s

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Humorous

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https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/5000.Jorge_Luis_Borges

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