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“I understood that expensive shirts looked better than cheap shirts. The fabric wasn't shiny, no - shiny would be cheap. But it glowed, like there was light coming through from the inside. It was a fucking beautiful shirt, is what I'm saying”
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“The problem was precision, perfection; the problem was digitization, which sucked the life out of everything that got smeared through its microscopic mesh.”
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
“But it was another girl, young and new to the city, fiddling with her keys.”
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― A Visit from the Goon Squad
“Mindy felt a jolt of attraction roughly akin to having someone seize her intestines and twist.”
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