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Poetry creates the myth, the prose writer draws its portrait.

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The writer is committed when he plunges to the very depths of himself with the intent to disclose not his individuality but his person in the comple...more

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The most clear-sided view of the darkest possible situation is itself an act of optimism

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It is the good children, Madame, who make the most terrible revolutionaries. They say nothing, they do not hide under the table, they eat only one swe...more

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Couldn't I try...Naturally, it wouldn't be a question of a tune...But couldn't I in another medium?...It would have to be a book: I don't know how to ...more

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You didn't succeed. Well, what of that? There's nothing to prove, you know, and the revolution's not a question of virtue but of effectiveness. There ...more