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Mario Vargas Llosa

If you are killed because you are a writer, that's the maximum expression of respect, you know.

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Mario Vargas Llosa means that dying for your work as a writer shows the highest level of recognition and seriousness given to your ideas. It implies that your words were powerful enough to threaten others, earning you a form of ultimate respect through sacrifice.

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