I recently realized that one of my favorite Borges books was written at one of humanity’s darkest times, at the height of hatred the world has ever seen, when Europeans were killing each other.

I’ve often wondered why Borges was never awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Was it eurocentrism? We’ll probably never know.

Still, I find comfort in knowing that while some were spreading immense suffering and despair, someone, somewhere in a quiet corner of the world, was busy creating beauty.

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