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A Radically Condensed History of Postindustrial Life

When they were introduced, he made a witticism, hoping to be liked. She laughed extremely hard, hoping to be liked. Then each drove home alone, staring straight ahead, with the very same twist to their faces.

The man who'd introduced them didn't much like either of them, though he acted as if he did, anxious as he was to preserve good relations at all times. One never knew, after all, now did one now did one now did one.

from Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, by David Foster Wallace
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terminalman [2008-02-05 07:05:00 +0000 UTC]

june 24:
i found six portraits of children. protected under broken brick and mortar, their edges bent.
the sunlight had cast a suspicious shadow across the floor, leading me eyes right to these ancient orphans.

she will take them and give them a home...

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