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Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
“People are strange when you’re a stranger.”
Haruki Murakami • Norwegian Wood
He shouted excitedly, ‘I’m explaining Fascist theory of action!’
Philip K. Dick • The Man in the High Castle (Penguin Modern Classics)
don’t know why I didn’t recognize the racial characteristics when I saw him. Evidently I’m easily deceived.
Philip K. Dick • The Man in the High Castle (Penguin Modern Classics)
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE—and I said: ‘That’s a fair gloopy title. Who ever heard of a clockwork orange?’ Then I read a malenky bit out loud in a sort of very high type preaching goloss: ‘—The attempt to impose upon man, a creature of growth and capable of sweetness, to ooze juicily at the last round the bearded lips of God, to attempt to impose, I say,
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juxtaposition of images to convey a mental state.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
“My old friend,” Albert said. “The one I wake up every morning thinking about.” “How do you know?” “Same way I know everything. CNN.” “Harvey said he was dead.” “Yes, well, he looked pretty healthy to me. Before he got shot anyway.” “Someone shot him?” “A little gangster, in L.A. somewhere.” “You positive?” “There isn’t a doubt in my mind.”
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