It was an appalling thought, to be so well-integrated into the machinery of society and history as to be able to move in only one plane, and along one line. (Kurt Vonnegut)

It was an appalling thought, to be so well-integrated into the machinery of society and history as to be able to move in only one plane, and along one line.

Kurt Vonnegut

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