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Page 52
... dead person is in a bad condition in that particular moment , but that the same person is just fine in plenty of other moments . Now , when I myself hear that somebody is dead , I simply shrug and say what the Tralfamadorians say about dead ...
... dead person is in a bad condition in that particular moment , but that the same person is just fine in plenty of other moments . Now , when I myself hear that somebody is dead , I simply shrug and say what the Tralfamadorians say about dead ...
Page 136
... dead weight of reality almost crushed the sense of his own existence . It's when the world seems oppressive , dead , or to put it another way , unreal , that I get the feel- ing I'm walking around like a zombie . ' To be of help , art ...
... dead weight of reality almost crushed the sense of his own existence . It's when the world seems oppressive , dead , or to put it another way , unreal , that I get the feel- ing I'm walking around like a zombie . ' To be of help , art ...
Page 182
... dead . Throughout this book we get the sense that Charles Wright is the only person who sees what's happening , who looks past the sham reality of our lives toward what is really going on . " What would have been marvelous is that the ...
... dead . Throughout this book we get the sense that Charles Wright is the only person who sees what's happening , who looks past the sham reality of our lives toward what is really going on . " What would have been marvelous is that the ...
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