He had decided long ago that no Situation had any objective reality: it only existed in the minds of those who happened to be in on it at any specific moment. (Thomas Pynchon)

He had decided long ago that no Situation had any objective reality: it only existed in the minds of those who happened to be in on it at any specific moment.

Thomas Pynchon

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