I am not a fan of computer games, yet there was one game I was obsessed with—Assassin’s Creed. The story of the game is inspired by the legend of Hassan-i Sabbah, who, according to myth, possessed the key to heaven’s door. It is said that Sabbah had a castle in the lands we now call […]
—Jorge Luis Borges (From Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings, ed. Donald A. Yates and James E. Irby) And the queen gave birth to a child who was called Asterion. —Apollodorus Bibliotecha III, I I know they accuse me of arrogance, and perhaps misanthropy, and perhaps of madness Such accusations (for which I shall exact punishment in
I think edges of life are filled with prophecies that the upper classes consume aesthetically, while the lower classes place at the center of their lives to make living bearable. I remember I used to do things much better when the moon appeared. Among friends, the moon was given to me. Maybe it was like
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