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• ‟ It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth.

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• ‟ Literature transcends national boundaries, racial boundaries. It goes deep into the issues that concern all human beings. That is why, when people read Greek tragedy - it doesn't matter who reads it - they are still moved by it.

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• ‟ In the history of literature there are many great enduring works which were not published in the lifetimes of the authors. If the authors had not achieved self-affirmation while writing, how could they have continued to write?

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• ‟ Literature is higher than politics, if not actually above politics.

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• ‟ Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.

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• ‟ Literature hasn't come up with any new themes. The literature of all different times - it's still dealing with how one resolves issues of existence.

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