"In exile one is nothing but a ghost ... I ceased to exist when I went into exile."
— Reinaldo Arenas

January 1, 1970

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Original Language: English

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From Arenas’ work Before Night Falls (as quoted in “On Exile and the Longing for Home: Cuban Writer Reinaldo Arenas”; 2014 Feb 18)