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"Then I reflected that everything happens to a man precisely, precisely now. Centuries of centuries and only in the present do things happen..."

This realisation is something which I've found really useful when I'm feeling anxious; fixating on the past and worrying about the future are equally futile as the only experience of reality we can ever have is the present. It's nice to be reminded of that, unexpectedly, in my reading on the train home!

Borges is one of my key inspirations as a writer. He is strange and beautiful, an incredible balance of head and heart and bizarre instinct. Do not read it quickly. Take your time and experience what he's trying to say.