I would say my theme has always been paradise lost, always the lost cause, the lost leader, the … - Marguerite Young

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So the day became one of waiting, which was, he knew, a sin: moments were to be experienced; waiting was a sin against both the time that was still to come and the moments one was currently disregarding.

Marguerite Young

I would say my theme has always been paradise lost, always the lost cause, the lost leader, the lost utopia.

Causes, Leader, Paradise, Utopia

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I believe that all my work explores the human desire or obsession for utopias, and the structure of all my works is the search for utopias lost and rediscovered.

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If you understand hallucination and illusion, you don't blindly follow any leader. You must know if the person is sane or insane, over the abyss.

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A lawyer I once knew told me of a strange case, a suffragette who had never married. After her death, he opened her trunk and discovered 50 wedding gowns.

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Every heart is the other heart. Every soul is the other soul. Every face is the other face. The individual is the one illusion.

Face, Faces, Heart, Illusion, Individual, Soul

If there is no certain reality, the idea of following a leader must be scrutinized.

Certain, Idea, Ideas, Leader, Reality, Scrutinized

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