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That is the difference between gods and men. Gods can change themselves; humans can only be changed.

— Cees Nooteboom The Following Story (1991)

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The world is a never-ending cross-reference.

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Every period in history has its own punishments, and ours has a multitude.

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We will feel the draft blowing through the cracks in the structure of causality.

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I had breezed home on the wings of five gins.

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It would be like this when you were really old-a city full of imaginary houses and women, rooms and girls. (Page 125)

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