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Your veal cutlet gets up off the plate, It walks down to end of the counter and beat the shit out of my cup of coffee. I guess the coffee just wasn't strong enough to defend itself.

— Tom Waits Nighthawks at the Diner (1975)

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The face forgives the mirror, the worm forgives the plough, the question begs the answer, can you forgive me somehow?

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If there's one thing you can say about mankind, there's nothing kind about man.

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