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“About a third of the motel was painted a sandy beige, with a tide line of rain revealing the original color: faded green, the color of old money.”

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“Bedouins believe their Heaven to be a lush paradise of trees and running water; mine was no different, though my sprinklers were timed.”

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“Something was very wrong, somewhere, and if I didn’t get away soon, I feared it would be too late: I’d have no choice but to join them.”

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“I even seemed to be moving in kind of robotic, audio-animatronic fashion, beep boop.”

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“Gray-matter auditors stepped in and shut down my eyes, confiscated my keys.”

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“Most cities are like deserts: concrete and steel, dust and ash, rusty detritus in the outskirts, the occasional oasis.”

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“Americans have a love affair with weak coffee.’ ‘And you’re a coffee expert, too,’ Gwen said, cutting a thick slice of apple pie.”

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“The Green Judges, most of them decidedly miffed, grumbled out one by one, though I got a wink and a thumbsup from Washington.”

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