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" The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world. "

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" One of the reasons I'm on tour is to meet people. I consider it a reconnaissance. You know, I consider myself like in a military operation. I don't feel like a citizen. "

" I read with some amusement my reputation as a ladies' man. My friends are amused by that, too, because they know my life. "

" A woman watches her body uneasily, as though it were an unreliable ally in the battle for love. "

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" Out of the thousands who are known or who want to be known as poets, maybe one or two are genuine and the rest are fakes, hanging around the sacred precincts, trying to look like the real thing. "

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