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It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive.

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If a society permits one portion of its citizenry to be menaced or destroyed, then, very soon, no one in that society is safe.
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Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets, and one day, for each of us, the sun will go down for the last, last time.
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People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead.
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There is a fearful splendor in absolute desolation.
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Confusion is a luxury which only the very, very young can possibly afford and you are not that young anymore.
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It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
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There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one’s head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people’s pain.
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Please try to remember that what they believe, as well as what they do and cause you to endure does not testify to your inferiority but to their inhumanity.
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People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.
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There are few things under heaven more unnerving than the silent, accumulating contempt and hatred of a people.
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Generations do not cease to be born, and we are responsible to them because we are the only witnesses they have.
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True rebels after all, are as rare as true lovers,and in both cases, to mistake a fever for passion can destroy one’s life.
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All I know about music is that not many people ever really hear it.
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We all commit our crimes. The thing is to not lie about them.
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I can’t believe what you say, because I see what you do.
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Trust life, and it will teach you, in joy and sorrow, all you need to know.
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