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Arturo in the Katherine Dunn novel 'Geek Love.'
There isn't a phrase in that book that isn't exquisite but he is a truly reprehensible, revolting character. And it's not because he has flippers. hmph.
Great book, though, if you have the stomach for it.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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