"Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own massive fantasies."

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"Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own massive fantasies."

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"That's the world out there, little green apples and infectious disease."

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"I've always seen myself in sentences. I begin to recognize myself, word by word, as I work through a sentence."

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"Writers in repressive societies are considered dangerous. That's why so many of them are in jail."

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"Hardship makes the world obscure."

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