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Silence does not translate into words.
“From the oppression of such freedom who would not welcome the liberation of confinement?”
― Waiting for the Barbarians
― Waiting for the Barbarians
“Where civilization entailed the corruption of barbarian virtues and the creation of dependent people, I decided, I was opposed to civilization.”
― Waiting for the Barbarians
― Waiting for the Barbarians
“if you could talk about music you wouldn’t need music,”
― Rememberings
― Rememberings
“The crime that is latent in us we must inflict on ourselves," I say. I nod and nod, driving the message home. "Not on others," I say.”
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“All creatures come into the world bringing with them the memory of justice. "But we live in a world of laws," I said to my poor prisoner, "a world of the second best. There is nothing we can do about that. We are fallen creatures. All we can do is uphold the laws, all of us, without allowing the memory of justice to fade.”
― Waiting for the Barbarians
― Waiting for the Barbarians
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