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Jack Vance Quotes: Notice this rent in my garment; I am at a loss to explain its presence! I am even more puzzled by the existence of the universe.
         

Notice this rent in my garment; I am at a loss to explain its presence! I am even more puzzled by the existence of the universe.


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Of all questions, why? is the least pertinent. It begs the question; it assumes the larger part of its own response; to wit, that a sensible response exists.



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