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“There is only one term for this war,” said the old man with the sunglasses. “‘Clusterfuck.’ Cluster as in ‘cluster’ and fuck as in ‘fuck.’ No more need be said.”

— Jeffrey Ford

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He kneels and prays to heaven but nothing happens.

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You are no more nor less than any man—a hungry heart and a wavering will.

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They’ve told so many lies in their lives that they’ve run out and can now tell only the truth.

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What good is the illusion of fiction if it cannot show us a way to become the people we need to be?

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