Earthlings are the great explainers, explaining why this event is stru…

Kurt Vonnegut
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Earthlings are the great explainers, explaining why this event is structured as it is, telling how other events may be achieved or avoided. ✨ Harold Bloom, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (2009). Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-five, p.141, Infobase Publishing
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