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Girls Play Dead: Acts of Self-Preservation

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“জীবনটা হলো একটা সুন্দর করে সাজানো বাগানের মত। যেদিকে খুশি ইচ্ছেমত উড়ে যেতে পারে তুমি। কিম্বা কখনো ভ্রমর হয়ে উড়ে বেড়াতে পারো এক ফুল থেকে অন্য ফুলে।”

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Book:আরেক ফাল্গুন
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“Ah, but life is a game too, a playful exercise, playing is a very serious, grave, even philosophical act, for children, it's part of growing up, for adults it's a link with their childhood, advantageous for some. Whole libraries of books have been written on the subject, all of them solid, weighty tomes, only a fool could fail to be convinced. The mistake lies in thinking that such profundity can be found only in books, when in fact a quick glance, a moment's attention, is all it takes to see how the cat plays with the mouse, and how the latter is eaten by the former. The question, the only one that matters, is knowing who exploits the initial innocence of the games, this game that was never innocent, for example, when the foreman says to the workers, Let's run, and see who gets there last, And the innocents, blind to the obvious deceit, run, trot, gallop, stagger from Monte Lavre to Vale de Cães, merely for the glory of arriving first or for the smug satisfaction of not being last. Because the last man, well, someone always has to be last, will have to put up with the jeers and mockery of the winners, who are already panting and breathless, they haven't even started work yet but the poor fools waste their breath on this explosion of scorn.”

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Book:Levantado do Chão
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