There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it.
Roland Barthes
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The question I asked Georges has now become a general one - You, who thought you were superfluous, who thought there was no place for you in society, not only are you not superfluous, you are needed and so those who were beggars become givers.
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- There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it.