A book is an arrangement of twenty-six phonetic symbols, ten numerals,…

Kurt Vonnegut
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A book is an arrangement of twenty-six phonetic symbols, ten numerals, and about eight punctuation marks, and people can cast their eyes over these and envision the eruption of Mount Vesuvius or the Battle of Waterloo. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (2011). A Man Without a Country, p.133, Seven Stories Press
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