I have no nationality-the best possible status for an intellectual.
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I'm simply an accident. Why take it all so seriously?
Permalink to quote #180 My idea, when I write a book, is to wake up someone, to fustigate him. Given that the books I have written arose from my malaises, not to mention my sufferings…
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