Paradise of the Blind | Quotes

Paradise of the Blind Quotes

"Outside, the sun shone, but here, I could feel the chill of exile under my skin, in my bones." Chap. 1, p. 13

"I was almost ten years old when I first learned about my father." Chap. 1, p. 18

"My mother never understood the tragedy that had befallen her." Chap. 2, p. 24

"So this was life, this strange muddle, this flower plucked from a swamp." Chap. 2, p. 39

"The north wind was whistling in gusts through the sky, and I felt, as I would never feel again, the weight of my fatherless fate." Chap. 3, p. 46

"In our society, there are only two respectable types of people: the proletariat - the avant-garde of our society - and the peasantry, faithful ally of the proletariat in its struggle for the construction of socialism." Chap. 8, p. 73

"Like ashes rising under the caress of a slight wind,...
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