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To renew myself, to relive, to be someone else, was always the great temptation of my existence.

— Romain Gary

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During the war he was an airman and slaughtered civilians from on high.

Pseudo (1976)

Gari in Russian means "burn!"… I want to test myself, a trial by fire, so that my I is burned off.

La Nuit Sera Calme [The Night Will Be Calm (1974)

A writer’s subconscious is one of the filthiest places there are: as a matter of fact, you can find the whole world there.

The Dance of Genghis Cohn (1967)

When a war is won, it's the losers, not the winners, who are liberated.

Tulipe (1946)

Humour is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.

The Harper Book of Quotations (1993)

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