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It's a downer to tell anything to a kid. I once had a kid ask me, “What was it like to see the first automobile?” Shit, man, I was born in 1962.

— Philip K. Dick A Scanner Darkly (1977)

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Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later (1978)

My major preoccupation is the question, 'What is reality?'

You must beware of seeing malice behind accidental injury.

Clans of the Alphane Moon (1964)

You’re not just out of your body; you’re out of your mind, too.

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (1965)

The church of my choice is the free, open world.

Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said (1974)

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