“For every gain there is a sacrifice, and the removal of the parasite sometimes entails removal of the host.”
“Removing a pebble is sometimes enough to change a destiny.”
“I have tried to remove weight, sometimes from people, sometimes from heavenly bodies, sometimes from cities; above all I have tried to remove weight from the structure of stories and from language.”
“People who dismiss the unemployed and dependent as ‘parasites’ fail to understand economics and parasitism. A successful parasite is one that is not recognized by its host, one that can make its host work for it without appearing as a burden. Such is the ruling class in a capitalist society.”
“Sometimes a gentle lie was enough to remove the weight of a harsh truth”
“Remove the document—and you remove the man.”