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there are some dry digressions and other plotlines that are oddly questionable - but otherwise? a peculiar work, yet one i found very endearing, if not entirely baffling. i think i love pynchon

‰ЫПShort of examining the entire history of each individual participating; ‰Ы_ short of anatomizing each soul, what hope has anyone of understanding a Situation?‰Ыќ

‰ЫПMy own unlucky boy, didn‰ЫЄt you ever think maybe ours is an act too? We‰ЫЄre older than you, we lived inside you once: the fifth rib, closest to the heart. We learned all about it then. After that it had to become our game to nourish a heart you all believe is hollow though we know different. Now you all live inside us, for nine months, and when ever you decide to come back after that.‰Ыќ