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““Indeed, all books, each and every book ever written, could be said to be offered to the reader as a form of self-help.””

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“In this group, everyone was foreign, and so, in a sense, no one was.”

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When the uncertain future becomes the past, the past in turn becomes uncertain.

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“Often, during my stay in your country, such comparisons troubled me. In fact, they did more than trouble me: they made me resentful. Four…

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