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It’s indecent and inhuman to put full length mirrors in bathroom doors. They cause narcissism in the young and unhappiness in the old.

— Fredric Brown The Lights in the Sky Are Stars (1953)

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The face of danger is brightest when turned so its features cannot be seen.

The cat didn’t answer, except possibly by not answering.

The Mind Thing (1961)

“Nuts,” said the Martian. “You people got rocks in your heads, that’s what accounts for your superstitions.”

Martians, Go Home (1955)

A lot of my childhood playmates ended up behind bars and I don’t mean as bartenders.

The Lights in the Sky Are Stars (1953)

Her life, except for reading, had been dull—but it had not been in vain.

The Mind Thing (1961)

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