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Jorge Luis Borges Quotes

Was it you that killed me, or did I kill you?" Abel answered. "I don't remember anymore; here we are, together, like before."Now I know that you have truly forgiven me," Cain said, "because forgetting is forgiving. I, too, will try to forget.

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