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Long Walk to Freedom · 1994
1963
West with the Night · 1942
There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.
The Self-Tormentor · 163 BC
When the imagination sleeps, words are emptied of their meaning.
Reflections on the Guillotine · 1957
None of you ask for anything-except everything, but just for so long as you need it.
The Golden Notebook · 1962
The Myth of Sisyphus · 1942
The Ten Commandments · 1956
Orientalism · 1978