The lieutenant-colonel realized for the first time what most people never realize about themselves-that he was not only a victim of outrageous fortune, but one of outrageous fortune's cruelest agents as well. (Kurt Vonnegut)

The lieutenant-colonel realized for the first time what most people never realize about themselves-that he was not only a victim of outrageous fortune, but one of outrageous fortune's cruelest agents as well.

Kurt Vonnegut

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