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> [“I’ve come to believe that what we need is a republic. People need to be run by people who like them, not boxed into a game they can’t win by people who can’t lose it. We need a head of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-raymond/i-ve-come-to-believe-that-what-we-need-is-a-republic-people-need-to/)

[Derek Raymond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-raymond/)

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## More by Derek Raymond

> [“I studied him and realized that madness is the last defence of the mind when it can't hope to reconcile itself with events; I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-raymond/i-studied-him-and-realized-that-madness-is-the-last-defence-of-the/)

[Derek Raymond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-raymond/)

> [“A quick butchers shows up Old Bill three-handed, also a particularly nasty female grass–-and if looks were acid baths the two she collects from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-raymond/a-quick-butchers-shows-up-old-bill-three-handed-also-a-particularly/)

[Derek Raymond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-raymond/)

> [“It seems to me that no matter whether you marry, settle down or live with a bird or not, certain ones simply have your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-raymond/it-seems-to-me-that-no-matter-whether-you-marry-settle-down-or-live/)

[Derek Raymond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-raymond/)

> [“It's wearying, like Caliban buttonholing you in hell and telling you the struggle he's having getting along with himself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-raymond/it-s-wearying-like-caliban-buttonholing-you-in-hell-and-telling-you/)

[Derek Raymond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-raymond/)

> [“The eternal cycle, the beginning, middle and end of a human being, the incomprehensible dance in the magic of our own theatre will continue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-raymond/the-eternal-cycle-the-beginning-middle-and-end-of-a-human-being-the/)

[Derek Raymond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-raymond/)

> [Every day you amass knowledge in a frantic race against death that death must win. You want to find out everything in the time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-raymond/every-day-you-amass-knowledge-in-a-frantic-race-against-death-that/)

[Derek Raymond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-raymond/)

> [“Death is its own best friend, and our dreams know it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-raymond/death-is-its-own-best-friend-and-our-dreams-know-it/)

[Derek Raymond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-raymond/)

> [“I knocked at a second-floor flat in a dreary house, one of two hundred in a dreary Catford street.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-raymond/i-knocked-at-a-second-floor-flat-in-a-dreary-house-one-of-two-hundred/)

[Derek Raymond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-raymond/)

> [“I’ve come to believe that what we need is a republic. People need to be run by people who like them, not boxed into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-raymond/i-ve-come-to-believe-that-what-we-need-is-a-republic-people-need-to/)

[Derek Raymond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-raymond/)

> [“I have taken a terrible beating from the truth and feel tamed, wise and desperate, as if I had taken a short route to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-raymond/i-have-taken-a-terrible-beating-from-the-truth-and-feel-tamed-wise/)

[Derek Raymond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-raymond/)

> [She doesn’t think she’s worthy to live. But she doesn’t realize, she is life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-raymond/she-doesn-t-think-she-s-worthy-to-live-but-she-doesn-t-realize-she-is/)

[Derek Raymond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-raymond/)

> [“You Englishmen,’ said Herr Wurter. ‘You are all the same. Wherever you are you behave as if you were at home and your word…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-raymond/you-englishmen-said-herr-wurter-you-are-all-the-same-wherever-you-are/)

[Derek Raymond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-raymond/)

> [“...perhaps, when it got utterly dark, the peace of the darkness would become the same as light so that my last experience would become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-raymond/perhaps-when-it-got-utterly-dark-the-peace-of-the-darkness-would/)

[Derek Raymond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-raymond/)

> [“He still didn't believe we could do it to him, and left with the assured insolence of a credit card presenting itself at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-raymond/he-still-didn-t-believe-we-could-do-it-to-him-and-left-with-the/)

[Derek Raymond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-raymond/)

> [Anyone who conceives of writing as an agreeable stroll towards a middle-class life-style will never write anything but crap.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-raymond/anyone-who-conceives-of-writing-as-an-agreeable-stroll-towards-a/)

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