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title: "2 Society Play Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [We live in an ironic society where even play is turned into work. But the highest existence is not work; the highest level of existence is play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conrad-hyers/we-live-in-an-ironic-society-where-even-play-is-turned-into-work-but/)

[Conrad Hyers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conrad-hyers/)

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> [ The literary game is the abyss of human society itself: interactive, playful and tragic. We can't live alone. For me, Robinson \[Crusoe\] is either a false myth or else he represents the denial of human society. We can't play by… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dumitru-tepeneag/the-literary-game-is-the-abyss-of-human-society-itself-interactive/)

[Dumitru Tepeneag](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dumitru-tepeneag/)

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