What does this quotation mean, please?

[beaujolais]

What does this quotation mean, please?

"Life itself is a quotation." Jorge Luis Borges

I've read all the explanations of it I could find in a Google search but still don't quite get it. The closest I could get to comprehending it is this:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/i...rt, so what do you think? Thanks so much !

 

[VRBeauty]

That there is nothing new under the sun?

The theological approach: that all life exist because a creator created it, and therefore all life reflects its creator?

That the fact that someone noteworthy said or wrote it doesn't make it true or quote-worthy?

 

[beaujolais]

Thanks, VR !

Something like our lives are not that unique as people (in the big global sense) have experienced the things we all deal with before?