Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.
Wole Soyinka
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Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it. -
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I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against.
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