I was the green monkey, the pariah. And I had no friends. Not just a f…

Harlan Ellison
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I was the green monkey, the pariah. And I had no friends. Not just a few friends, or one good friend, or grudging acceptance by other misfits and outcasts. I was alone. All stinking alone, without even an imaginary playmate. ✨ Harlan Ellison (1989). Harlan Ellison's watching
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