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“I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.”
― A Streetcar Named Desire
― A Streetcar Named Desire
“Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops.”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
― Slaughterhouse-Five
“In fact, if not for the plaque-WHALE GENITAL: MALE—no one would have taken it to be a whale's penis... It bore no resemblance to my penis, nor to any penis I'd ever seen. What was worse, the severed penis exuded a singular, somehow unspeakable aura of sadness.”
― A Wild Sheep Chase
― A Wild Sheep Chase
“It’s not that I hate men,” the woman says. “I’m just terrified of them. And I’m okay with that fear.”
― Her Body and Other Parties
― Her Body and Other Parties
“Morse-code flashes which flickered like a distant firefly:
AUSTRALIAN CONTINENT ATOMIZED IN PREMATURE EXPLOSION OF ATOMIC STOCKPILE. LOS ANGELES, LONDON BOMBED. WAR. COME HOME. COME HOME. COME HOME.”
― The Martian Chronicles
AUSTRALIAN CONTINENT ATOMIZED IN PREMATURE EXPLOSION OF ATOMIC STOCKPILE. LOS ANGELES, LONDON BOMBED. WAR. COME HOME. COME HOME. COME HOME.”
― The Martian Chronicles
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