Jorge Luis Borges: I owe the discovery of Uqbar to the conjunction of a mirror and an encyclopedia.

I owe the discovery of Uqbar to the conjunction of a mirror and an encyclopedia. — Jorge Luis Borges

I owe the discovery of Uqbar to the conjunction of a mirror and an encyclopedia.

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