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(Since I don’t speak Czech, and all I’ve got is my Spanish translation of the novel, I really hope I’ll be forgiven for this shameless Spanish-English translation. I just want to get the message through…)

It’s the force, you know? The force of the matter. The matter is extremely strong. I… I can feel its bustle. It holds it in… with great effort. As soon as you open a crack inside it, it disintegrates, boom! Everything is an explosion. When a flower opens, that’s an explosion. Every thought is some kind of burst inside the brain. When you hold my hand, I feel how something explodes inside you. I have extraordinary touch, my friend. And ear. Everything emits a buzz, like effervescent powder. It’s nothing but small explosions. Pandemonium has broken out in my head… Ratatata, like a submachine gun.

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