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“If only the right person would have to leave, everyone else would be able to stay in the country.”

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“And I’m different without you. You’re the only one who thinks you’re never different.”

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Working with language requires beauty for me.

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“The cabbage white flies through the tailor's cheek. The tailor sinks his head. The cabbage white flies out of the back of the tailor's…

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“The reasaon I'm shy of objects is because I like them. I transfer the thoughts that are against me onto them. Then these thoughts…

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“The gym instructor was the first to raise his hand. All the other hands flew up after his. While raising their hands, everybody looked…

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I have packed myself into silence so deeply and for so long that I can never unpack myself using words. When I speak, I…

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I never wanted to be a writer.

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To combat death you don't need much of a life, just one that isn't yet finished.

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