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• All of them were on, but eight displayed static, while the ninth was tuned to an Open University programme on physics.
• There is an unconscious appositeness in the use of the word person to designate the human individual, as is done in all European languages: for persona really means an actor's mask, and it is true that no one reveals himself as he is; we all wear a mask and play a role.
• Not only was there this crucial ambiguity, but the seasons and even the years became indeterminate.
• as if artefacts, ideas, even souls were all but symbols inscribed upon the reels of the slot machine of Life.
• The street, although bathed in sunlight, had no freshness about it, but was baking to a harsh monochrome.