"My writing is a combination of three elements. The first is travel: not travel like a tourist, but travel as exploration. The second is reading literature on the subject. The third is reflection."
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"The tradition of Russian literature is also an eastern tradition of learning poetry and prose by heart.“
-Ryszard Kapuscinski
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