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“Images are powerful; they can distort memories, recreate reality and rewrite history.”
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Arthur C. Clarke
“Open the pod bay doors, Hal.”
― Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey

Jean Cocteau
“Living is a horizontal fall.”
― Jean Cocteau, Opium: The Illustrated Diary of His Cure

William Golding
“Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

Czesław Miłosz
“The living owe it to those who no longer can speak to tell their story for them.”
― Czesław Miłosz, The Issa Valley

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