We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to…

Kurt Vonnegut
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We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (2009). Mother Night: A Novel, p.5, Dial Press
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