Great Regulars: Deeply shocked but not without composure,

I accepted a letter from his hands, and in a failing voice promised not to open it until three years had passed. We parted coolly. A few days later he left the town without saying goodbye, nor did we meet again.

from Daily Times: Purple Patch: Message in a bottle --Bertolt Brecht



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When I sit down to write a book, I do not say to myself, 'I am going to produce a work of art'. I write it because there is some lie that I want to expose, some fact to which I want to draw attention, and my initial concern is to get a hearing.

from Daily Times: Purple Patch: Why I Write --George Orwell



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