It is simply wrong to begin with a theme, symbol or other abstract unifying agent, and then try to force characters and events to conform to it. (Thomas Pynchon)

It is simply wrong to begin with a theme, symbol or other abstract unifying agent, and then try to force characters and events to conform to it.

Thomas Pynchon

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