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Once a person was asked to step into this brutal century, anything could happen


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you can always tell employees of the government by the total vacancy which occupies the space where most other people have faces.

you can always tell employees of the government by the total vacancy which occupies the space where most other people have faces.



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Having once been so high, humanity fell so low. What had once been dedicated to the soul was now dedicated to the sale.



I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip.

I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip.



You could tell by the way he talked, though, that he had gone to school a long time. That was probably what was wrong with him.

You could tell by the way he talked, though, that he had gone to school a long time. That was probably what was wrong with him.



Oh, Fortuna, blind, heedless goddess, I am strapped to your wheel,' Ignatius belched, 'Do not crush me beneath your spokes. Raise me on high, divinity.

Oh, Fortuna, blind, heedless goddess, I am strapped to your wheel,' Ignatius belched, 'Do not crush me beneath your spokes. Raise me on high, divinity.



Apparently I lack some particular perversion which today's employer is seeking.

Apparently I lack some particular perversion which today's employer is seeking.



with the breakdown of the medieval system, the gods of chaos, lunacy, and bad taste gained ascendancy.

with the breakdown of the medieval system, the gods of chaos, lunacy, and bad taste gained ascendancy.



Stop!' I cried imploringly to my god-like mind.

Stop!' I cried imploringly to my god-like mind.



This liberal doxy must be impaled upon the member of a particularly large stallion.

This liberal doxy must be impaled upon the member of a particularly large stallion.



Jail was preferable. There they only limited you physically. In a mental ward they tampered with your soul and worldview and mind.

Jail was preferable. There they only limited you physically. In a mental ward they tampered with your soul and worldview and mind.





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