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“The typical patron of the Library was a shy individual, ready to explore the limits of his own loneliness and to weigh others down with it.”

“Do you think human beings are really like bottomless wells? That we can drain ourselves endlessly without sooner or later finding our souls depleted?”

Best guess so far is that in the early 70s the author had prophetic visions of the Epstein Files release and the founding of Facebook but some wires got crossed somewhere.

“Never did such a gentle mist of saliva cleanse my face as during those declarations of faith in the spirit!”

“Now what Evelina yearned for was a young man who could spare his hands to help her defecate.”