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.