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I didn't write. I just wandered about.


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Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit.

Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit.



Thousand got away to other countries; thousands returned to Spain tempted by false promises of kindness. By the tens of thousands, these Spaniards died of neglect in the concentration camps.

Thousand got away to other countries; thousands returned to Spain tempted by false promises of kindness. By the tens of thousands, these Spaniards died of neglect in the concentration camps.



After a lifetime of war-watching, I see war as an endemic human disease, and governments are the carriers.

After a lifetime of war-watching, I see war as an endemic human disease, and governments are the carriers.




I do not see myself as a footnote to someone else's life.

I do not see myself as a footnote to someone else's life.



Public opinion, though slow as lava, in the end forces governments towards more sanity, more justice. My heroes and heroines are all private citizens.

Public opinion, though slow as lava, in the end forces governments towards more sanity, more justice. My heroes and heroines are all private citizens.



All politicians are bores and liars and fakes. I talk to people.

All politicians are bores and liars and fakes. I talk to people.



In November you begin to know how long the winter will be.

In November you begin to know how long the winter will be.



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Freedom' is the most expensive possession there is; it has to be paid for with loneliness.





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When a new idea comes our way, we must put it on our mental scales and weigh it carefully before deciding its value.



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Oppression works in such a way that it holds every person responsible for the acts of any wrongdoer of the oppressed group.

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