"So plant your own gardens and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers."
"It's a shame that we have to choose between two such second-rate countries as the USSR and the USA."
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Source: Twenty-four Conversations with Borges, Including a Selection of Poems: Interviews by Roberto Alifano, 1981-1983. Book by Roberto Alifano, 1984.
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