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> [Man, when reduced to nothing, or in other words, a survivor, is not tragic but comic, because he has no fate. On the other hand, he lives with an awareness of tragic fate. This is a paradox.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/imre-kert-sz/man-when-reduced-to-nothing-or-in-other-words-a-survivor-is-not-2/)

[Imre Kertesz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/imre-kert-sz/)

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