Day and night, their frail and crippled ships defy the tempest. — Jorge Luis Borges, The Widow Ching-Pirate
Day and night, their frail and crippled ships defy the tempest. — Jorge Luis Borges, The Widow Ching-Pirate
Day and night, their frail and crippled ships defy the tempest. — Jorge Luis Borges, The Widow Ching-Pirate
Day and night, their frail and crippled ships defy the tempest. — Jorge Luis Borges, The Widow Ching-Pirate
Day and night, their frail and crippled ships defy the tempest. — Jorge Luis Borges, The Widow Ching-Pirate
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Day and night, their frail and crippled ships defy the tempest.

— Jorge Luis Borges, The Widow Ching-Pirate
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