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'A man, more than a woman, tends to abandon himself to bits and pieces of things.'

'When he got to the surface, this endless moment would become a small flower pressed between the pages of his diary...poisonous herb or carnivorous plant, it would be no more than a bit of half-transparent colored paper, and as he sipped his tea in the parlor he would hold it up to the light and take pleasure in telling its story.'

'It would not be strange at all if "The Round-Trip Ticket Blues" were the song of mankind imprisoned.'

'Work seemed something fundamental for man, something which enabled him to endure the aimless flight of time.'

'More than iron doors, more than walls, it is the tiny peephole that really makes the prisoner feel locked in.'

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