He remembered the shapes of the clouds in the south at the dawn of the 30th of April of 1882, and he could compare them in his recollection with the marbled grain in the design of a leather-bound book which he had seen only once, and with the lines in the spray which an oar raised in the Rio Negro on the eve of the battle of the Quebrancho.” In the short story “Funes, the Memorious,” Jorge Luis Borges explores what it would be like to have a perfect memory.
Ia teringat bentuk awan di selatan di fajar 30 April 1882, dan ia dapat membandingkannya dalam ingatannya dengan butiran bercorak dalam bentuk buku berjilid kulit yang hanya sekali dilihatnya, dan dengan baris-baris dalam cipratan saat dayung diangkat di Rio Negro di malam perang Quenbrancho.\" Dalam cerpen \"Funes, si Pengingat,\" Jorge Luis Borges menjelajahi apa rasanya memiliki ingatan yang sempurna.