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“I think—the hero observes that nothing is so frightening as a Labyrinth with no centre.” ― Jorge Luis Borges

“I think—the hero observes that nothing is so frightening as a Labyrinth with no centre.” ― Jorge Luis Borges, Selected Non-Fictions

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“The Two Kings and the Two Labyrinths” – Jorge Luis Borges

“It is said by men worthy of belief (though Allah’s knowledge is greater) that in the first days there was a king of the isles of Babylonia who called together his architects and his priests and bade them build him a labyrinth so confused and so subtle that the most prudent men would not venture […]

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“It only takes two facing mirrors to build a Labyrinth” – Jorge Luis Borges

T.V. Rots Your Brain – Elevator passing floors 3 5 7 I was in an elevator this past winter in one of the office towers which inhabit the concrete canyons of Toronto’s financial district. The panelling of the windows on each of the four sides (once the doors were closed) of the elevator were slightly […]

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