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“He supposed that the intent of the Gospels was to teach people, among other things, to be merciful, even to the lowest of the low. But the Gospels actually taught this:
Before you kill somebody, make absolutely sure he isn't well connected. So it goes.”
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Before you kill somebody, make absolutely sure he isn't well connected. So it goes.”
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“When I got home from my war, my uncle Dan clapped me on the back, and he bellowed, 'You're a MAN now!'
I damn near killed my first German.”
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I damn near killed my first German.”
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“It is just an illusion we have here on Earth that one moment follows another one, like beads on a string, and that once a moment is gone it is gone forever.”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
― Slaughterhouse-Five
“The devil fetch ya, ya ragamuffin rapscallions; ye are all asleep.”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
“Trout, incidentally, had written a book about a money tree. It had twenty-dollar bills for leaves. Its flowers were government bonds. Its fruit was diamonds. It attracted human beings who killed each other around the roots and made very good fertilizer.
So it goes.”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
So it goes.”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
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