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Being locked up is one thing, but to have no concept of confinement, to be ignorant of its terms and never understand that struggle is useless - that's what hell must be like.
Being locked up is one thing, but to have no concept of confinement, to be ignorant of its terms and never understand that struggle is useless - that's what hell must be like.
Approximate author period: c. 1956 AD · modern
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- David Sedaris
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- Approximate author period: c. 1956 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from documented birth year 1956; activity date not established; Wikidata Q1176577, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1176577 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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