The things other people have put into my head, at any rate, do not fit…

Kurt Vonnegut
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The things other people have put into my head, at any rate, do not fit together nicely, are often useless and ugly, are out of proportion with one another, are out of proportion with life as it really is outside my head. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (1973). Breakfast of champions: or, Goodbye blue Monday!, Dell
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