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“No friendship is an accident. ”
― Heart of the West
― Heart of the West
“Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all around us. In the end, writers will write not to be outlaw heroes of some underculture but mainly to save themselves, to survive as individuals.”
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“Reading brings us unknown friends”
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“Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man.”
― The Odyssey
― The Odyssey
“The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.”
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