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― Slaughterhouse-Five
― Slaughterhouse-Five
“All art is a kind of exorcism. This is what gives art its power to change the conditions of our life.”
― Art is Life: Icons & Iconoclasts, Visionaries & Vigilantes, & Flashes of Hope in the Night
― Art is Life: Icons & Iconoclasts, Visionaries & Vigilantes, & Flashes of Hope in the Night
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“Nothing is deader than yesterday’s science-fiction—and Verne belongs to the day before yesterday.”
― The Sands of Mars
― The Sands of Mars
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“Sunday school stories are just another type of superhero comic. Counting on Jesus to save the day is no more real than sending up the Batman signal.”
― Demon Copperhead
― Demon Copperhead
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