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Thomas Pynchon Quotes: Behind the hieroglyphic streets there would either be a transcendent meaning, or only the earth.
         

Behind the hieroglyphic streets there would either be a transcendent meaning, or only the earth.


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This page presents the quote "Behind the hieroglyphic streets there would either be a transcendent meaning, or only the earth.". Author of this quote is Thomas Pynchon. This quote is about emptiness, meaning, trystero, paranoia, conspiracy-theories, truth, reality,.