One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home, the only dwelling place that cannot be hostile to man. – John Berger
Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form. – John Berger
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Today the discredit of words is very great. Most of the time the media transmit lies. In the face of an intolerable world, words appear to change very little. State power has become congenitally deaf, which is why –but the editorialists forget it –terrorists are reduced to bombs and hijacking. – John Berger
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The envied are like bureaucrats; the more impersonal they are, the greater the illusion (for themselves and for others) of their power. – John Berger
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