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I have for a long time loved fabulist, imaginative fiction, such as the writing of Italo Calvino, Jose Saramago, Michael Bulgakov, and Salman Rushdie.

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The target of power is more interesting than its quantity.
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Imagine a world in which there is no time. Only images.
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Time is a rigid, bonelike structure, extending infinitely ahead and behind, fossilizing the future as well as the past.
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An unusual counterpoint between personal history and the history of a young nation. Haunting, powerful, and beautifully written.
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We often do not see what we do not expect to see.
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If a person holds no ambitions in this world, he suffers unknowingly.
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The tragedy of this world is that no one is happy, whether stuck in a time of pain or joy.
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For my students who are trying to learn the craft of writing in a writing class – contemporary literature is what’s most useful.
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Whenever Obama uses subtleties in discussing a complex issue, he gets creamed.
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