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“...with such a uniform brutality it's as though it is imprinted in our genetic code.”

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Book:Human Acts

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“Then there'd be another round of disciplinary beatings, and woe betide anyone who did anything other than cover in absolute silence.”

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“It's really extraordinary how those young women, their faces, ended up scored into my memory so deeply, you know? I mean, I only caught just a fleeting glimpse of them.”

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Book:Human Acts

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