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Reality is not always probable, or likely. But if you're writing a story, you have to make it as plausible as you can, because if not, the reader's i… - Jorge Luis Borges
" "Reality is not always probable, or likely. But if you're writing a story, you have to make it as plausible as you can, because if not, the reader's imagination will reject it.
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About Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges (24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine writer who is considered one of the foremost literary figures of the 20th century. Most famous in the English speaking world for his short stories and fictive essays, Borges was also a poet, critic, translator and man of letters.
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Pen Names:
B. Suarez Lynch
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H. Bustos Domecq
Alternative Names:
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges
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Chorche Louis Borches
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Jorge Luis Borges Acevedo
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Horhe Luis Borhes
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J. L. Borges
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Khorkhe Luyis Borkhes
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Borges
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Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo
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A writer, or any man, must believe that whatever happens to him is an instrument; everything has been given for an end. This is even stronger in the case of the artist. Everything that happens, including humiliations, embarrassments, misfortunes, all has been given like clay, like material for one’s art. One must accept it. For this reason I speak in a poem of the ancient food of heroes: humiliation, unhappiness, discord. Those things are given to us to transform, so that we may make from the miserable circumstances of our lives things that are eternal, or aspire to be so.
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