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  "text": "\"I think that I say those things that make people so angry, not because I really mean them, but because I simply thought of a clever way to say them. It's a kind of art, to think of the perfect way to say an idea, and when you think of it then you have to say it, because words don't exist until you say them.\"\n\n\"A pretty feeble kind of art, Nyef, and I say you should give it up before it gets you killed.\"",
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      "text": "Nafai knew the rule: when a man acts like a child, he's boyish, and everyone's delighted; when a boy acts the same way, he's childish, and everyone tells him to be a man.",
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      "text": "Wouldn't it have been better to change humanity so it no longer desired to destroy itself?",
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