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"okay this entire part that véra read on tape is just irritating me because its so false as to be ridiculous! the man lavishes her with endless diminutives and then its just dry, lifeless facts, accounting records and gossip? either don't include this portion at all or put it in properly but don't put in Véra's watered down account of things - because its paper thin - tissue paper thin and i can't even bear reading" — Feb 19, 2015 12:00PM
"okay this entire part that véra read on tape is just irritating me because its so false as to be ridiculous! the man lavishes her with endless diminutives and then its just dry, lifeless facts, accounting records and gossip? either don't include this portion at all or put it in properly but don't put in Véra's watered down account of things - because its paper thin - tissue paper thin and i can't even bear reading" — Feb 19, 2015 12:00PM
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
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“Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
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“The story so far:
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
― The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
― The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
“Illusion is the first of all pleasures”
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“If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.”
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