In his state of complete powerlessness the individual perceives the time he has left to live as a brief reprieve.

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Only a humanity to whom death has become as indifferent as its members that has itself died can inf

Only a humanity to whom death has become as indifferent as its members, that has itself died, can inflict it administratively on innumerable people.

For a man who no longer has a homeland writing becomes a place to live.

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

The hardest hit as everywhere are those who have no choice.

The hardest hit, as everywhere, are those who have no choice.

Exuberant health is always as such sickness also.

Exuberant health is always as such sickness also.

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