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The light works, he said, indicating the window, the gravity works, he said, dropping a pencil on the floor. Anything else we have to take our chances with. ✨ Douglas Adams (2014). Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, p.127, Simon and Schuster
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The light works, he said, indicating the window, the gravity works, he said, dropping a pencil on the floor. Anything else we have to take our chances with. ✨ Douglas Adams (2014). Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, p.127, Simon and Schuster

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