“Time is the substance of which I am made. Time is a river that sweeps me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that mangles…
“Time is the substance of which I am made. Time is a river that sweeps me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that mangles me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire. The world, unfortunately, is real; I, unfortunately, am Borges.”— Jorge Luis Borges, A New Refutation of Time