And it struck us all then, the answer to humanity’s eternal question of Why? It was, and is, simply this: Why not?
“To avoid talking, we both smoked incessantly and listened to a greatest hits tape of Johnny Hallyday, the sonic equivalent of Ricard Pastis, a taste the rest of the world could not acquire.”
― The Committed
― The Committed
“The colonized is a persecuted person whose permanent dream is to become the persecutor.”
― The Committed
― The Committed
“Real talent was required to use so many words in two languages to say nothing.”
― The Committed
― The Committed
“Those who believe in revolutions are the ones who haven’t lived through one yet.”
― The Committed
― The Committed
“Forced,” of course, is a euphemism with the exact opposite meaning, like “pacification,” which usually involved a great degree of homicidal force on rambunctious natives.”
― The Committed
― The Committed
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