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It wasn't a hoax,' Burdmore said quickly. 'It was theater. Real theater. Like Brecht.' ¶ 'What does Brecht have to do with it? I think you should leave Brecht out of this--
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― The Flamethrowers
― The Flamethrowers
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Every civil war builds on illusions and fear
Even war between individuals; whatever bonds may exist between them
To recapitulate images from history: After the first
world war, exhaustion, victory, inability to
build a new order, growing dissolution, chaos Revanchism Economic depression Then the waiting
for Germany, the generalized war initiated by Germany
This dread waiting, 1938, 1939 When I was conceived
After the cold war another period of exhaustion, another victory Perhaps we are in the p
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― Mozart's Third Brain
― Mozart's Third Brain
