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Reflecting on Lopez's mood, it struck me that the experience of living under a corrupt government and trying to stay honest yourself made people cynical and distrustful of authority, but at the same time self-sufficient and dependent on friends and family, because no one else would help you.
- Paul Theroux, On the Plain of Snakes, p.104
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