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"The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen's skin."

"The Gentlemen of England serve under the greatest cad in Europe."

"It is interesting to ponder the fact that there is no real difference between what the Western Fascists wanted of literature and what the Bolsheviks want. Let me quote: "The personality of the artist should develop freely and without restraint. One thing, however, we demand: acknowledgement of our creed. Thus spoke one of the big Nazis, Dr. Rosenberg, Minister of Culture in Hitler's Germany. Another quote: "Every artist has the right to create freely; but we, Communists, must guide him according to plan. Thus spoke Lenin. Both of these are textual quotations, and their similitude would have been highly diverting had not the whole thing been so very sad."

"Your expertise can elevate your impressions to bring you to an entirely new realm."

"Oh lord and master. High muckety-muck."
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"True love is an irrevocable act - you can only give your heart away once - after that, you give as much as you have left ..."

"You say you don't mistrust me, yet you quote Chrysostom - Hell is paved with priests' skulls...."

"Writing with ferocity is a gift, provided that ferocity is a monomaniacal devotion to pursuing the truth ..."

"People quote proverbs without realizing they're really in awe of the authority of their truth and the power of their expression..."
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