Quotes by Zo S. Roy, Calls Across the Pacific

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“Reading literary works enlightened and sheltered me; now I'm paying back by writing.--"My Confession”

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“Reading literary works enlightened and sheltered me; now I'm paying back by writing.--"My Confession”
— Zo S. Roy, Calls Across the Pacific
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“Dare I ask Mao and his Communist Party?I fear my throat will be cut into two pieces.In the name of revolution, for thought crimes,Such questions can turn me to ashes.”
— Zo S. Roy, Calls Across the Pacific
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