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“And who was I? Not nearly as much of a loner and outsider as I’d always thought. A bit odd, but others were more odd. And who else was I? A member of an expedition, or no, someone who’d been on an expedition all by himself, and after forging his way through all sorts of difficulties had come back here to civilization to freshen up, for the time being, before his next one-man venture. And who else? At first sight a disturbed person, who, when you got to know him, seemed much more normal, indeed the only normal person among a thousand, while the other nine hundred and ninety-nine eventually turned out to be as mad as hatters. And who else was I? (As if, having seen my double, I suddenly couldn’t find out enough about myself - couldn’t get enough of myself.) Let me be someone else as well, play someone else: a pioneer, a deserter, a soccer referee or at least a linesman. And what was I like, considering my double there in the restroom’s white neon glare? Not special. Not that bad. Maybe somewhat deficient in that certain something, but not entirely deficient either. Far from being a star, but if an idiot, a village idiot, not a provincial or city idiot. And what else was I like? And in what way? And in what other way? Well, what d’you know! Yes, just look at that! You didn’t expect that, did you? Look, just look! Yes, just look. Look!”

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Book:Quiet Places: Collected Essays
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“,,Toate angoasele, toate dorințele pe care de mult le credeam uitate îmi revin în minte. Ca în copilărie, am din nou impresia că lumea din jur ar putea să explodeze dintr-odată și să răsară altceva de sub masca ei, de pildă gura unui monstru.(...)Gândul că în altă parte există altceva și că nu poți fi în clipa aceea acolo mă înnebunește , ca în copilărie. Doar că atunci gândul mă amețea, pe când acum vorbesc despre el, fac comparații și încep să învăț din asta. Mi s-ar părea ridicol să vreau să deslușesc aceste enigme; nu fac decât să le articulez pentru a nu mă simți atât de însingurat ca în vremea aceea. Mă port dezinvolt, vorbesc mult, râd cu poftă, vreau să ajung atât de gras, încât să fiu în stare să deschid cu burta o ușă turnantă, mă bucur că nu mă mai surprind cu nimic ciudat.”

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Book:Short Letter, Long Farewell
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