The fact is that all writers create their precursors. Their work modifies our conception of the past, just as it is bound to modify the future. (Jorge Luis Borges)

The fact is that all writers create their precursors. Their work modifies our conception of the past, just as it is bound to modify the future.

Jorge Luis Borges

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