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That's what tyrants do, I guess. They make you covet their attention; they make you confuse attention for mercy.

Gary Shteyngart
Tyrants, Attention, Mercy
Gary Shteyngart (2010). “Super Sad True Love Story”, p.163, Granta Books
That's what tyrants do, I guess. They make you covet their attention; they make you confuse attention for mercy.