13 «The Wall appears to be about 25 feeet high (...). Measurements are imprecise since they must be made - if at all - at a distance from the Wall, and under cover of darkness. It is a commonplace belief that the Wall is made of fairly smooth concrete, an ordinary enough material, and in itself not particularly fearful» (OW:235). 14 «It is far easier - most of us find it far easier - to assume that the Wall is eternal, that it ever was and it ever shall be» (OW:234). 15 «(...) stands majestically alone» (OW:235). 16 «(.. . ) a work of art (...) an abomination» (OW:236). 17 «The largest percentage of the population, however, does not 'see' the Wall at all - that is, literally» (OW:236). 18 «(...) waving to me in my hiding place (...). Come closer, have no fear, long before you were born the Wall was, and forever will the Wall endure» (OW:241). 19 «(...) in dreams we scale the Wall nightly, and keep our secrets to ourselves» (ibidem). 20 «Some things can only be performed in secret» (IBB:97). 21 «(. . .) might be judged - or so certain persons have argued, in both prose and poetry - heroic» (IBB:99). 22 «(...) the martyred youth (...) gave my brother the idea» (IBB:103). 23 «(...) propaganda hero, amid the neon traffic, the outdoor cafès, X-rated Kino, summer strollers licking fat ice cream cones, business as usual» (IBB:102). 24 «If they image (for certainly they are watching) I am going to repeat his performance (...) they are mistaken. History cannot imitate itself without human participation» (IBB:110). 80
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