La Maga did not know that my kisses were like eyes which began to open up beyond her, … - Julio Cortazar

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I'm an ocean, because I'm really deep. If you search deep enough you can find rare exotic treasures.

Julio Cortazar

La Maga did not know that my kisses were like eyes which began to open up beyond her, and that I went along outside as if I saw a different concept of the world, the dizzy pilot of a black prow which cut the water of time and negated it.

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