It's all like an ocean! cried Dostoevski. I say it's all like cellopha…

Kurt Vonnegut
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It's all like an ocean! cried Dostoevski. I say it's all like cellophane. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (1999). Breakfast of Champions: Or, Goodbye Blue Monday!, CNIB, 197
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