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Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Slaughterhouse-Five Quotes: Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from the things she found in gift shops.
         

Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from the things she found in gift shops.


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