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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.

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.

Approximate author period: c. 1938 AD · modern

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Julio Cortázar
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Approximate author period: c. 1938 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Julio Cortázar: documented activity in 1938. Wikidata Q174210, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q174210 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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