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All the same, a seductive voice from afar kept breaking into her conjugal peace: it was the voice of solitude. She closed her eyes and listened to the...more

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People are always shouting they want to create a better future. It's not true. The future is an apathetic void of no interest to anyone. The past is f...more

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Today I know this: when it comes time to take stock, the most painful wound is that of broken friendships; and there is nothing more foolish than to s...more

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I've always had the sense that my life is run by other people. Except for a few years after Martin died. Those were the toughest years, I was alone wi...more

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Of course, these were only dreams. How could a sensible woman leave a happy marriage? All the same, a seductive voice from afar kept breaking into her...more

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Those who had fought for what they called the revolution maintained a great pride: the pride of being on the correct side of the front lines. Ten or t...more

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Who was the real me? I can only repeat: I was a man of many faces.At meetings I was earnest, enthusiastic, and committed; among friends, unconstrained...more

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I had all kinds of answers ready for the commissions that called me in and asked me what had made me become a Communist, but what had attracted me to ...more

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How would I explain to him that I couldn’t make peace with him? How would I explain that if I did I would immediately lose my inner balance? How would...more

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Kitsch is the aesthetic ideal of all politicians and all political parties and movements. Those of us who live in a society where various political te...more