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He thought of trying to explain something he had recently noticed about himself: that if anyone insulted him, or one of his friends, he didn't really ...more

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Art is the whisper of history, heard above the noise of time.

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In an oppressive society the truth-telling nature of literature is of a different order, and sometimes valued more highly than other elements in a wor...more

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Not merely hope, but any burdensome yearning: ambition, hatred, love (especially love) - how rarely do our emotions meet the object they seem to deser...more

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Everything you invent is true: you can be sure of that. Poetry is a subject as precise as geometry.

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Art belongs to everybody and nobody. Art belongs to all time and no time. Art belongs to those who create it and those who savour it. Art no more belo...more