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I have come to communism because of daddy Stalin and nobody must come and tell me that I mustn’t read Stalin. I… — Che Guevara Copy Share Image
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[In the moment of reading writer and reader] are both briefly their best selves, or at least better selves. A flawed human… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
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