"It was not an act of treason, nor possibly even of defiance. But it was a calculated withdrawal, from the life of the Republic, from its machinery. Whatever else was being denied to them out of hate, indifference to the power of their vote, loopholes, simple ignorance, this withdrawal was their own, unpublicized, private. Since they could not withdraw into a vacuum (could they?), there had to exist the separate, silent, unsuspecting world." - The Crying of Lot 49

"Life does have a random function! Us!" - A Softer World

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