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“Clearly," said Arthur,"you're an idiot- but you're our kind of idiot. Come on.”
“Don't miss the bus, boy. You're missing a lot of things in the world, better not miss that bus.”
“the Real-World was a sprawling mess of a book in need of a good editor.”