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Guillermo Cabrera Infante

I believe that writers, unless they consider themselves terribly exquisite, are at heart people who live by night, a little bit outside society, moving between delinquency and conformity.

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Writers often see themselves as outsiders who operate during the night, existing on the edge of social norms. They balance between breaking rules and fitting in, reflecting a tension between rebellion and acceptance in their lives.

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