"I think of myself as a kind of reporter; I report on the nature of certain events. I think of art as a report on civilization at a certain time."

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Love is rarely a hypocrite; but hate--how detect and how guard against it! It lurks where you least expect it; it is created by causes that you can the least foresee; and civilization multiplies its varieties, whilst it favors its disguise.

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton