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“It hints at making sense, Brenda, but it never quite does.”

Nicholas Crisp,  Unfit for Murder.

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They had convinced themselves that they were monitoring reality.  But all they could actually see was their own sophistication.  Their own silliness.

Rollin Mungo,  Selected Rants of Mr. Barraclough.

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Karen, like some of her friends, was looking to make a future for herself.

Gladys Huizinga,  Hard-Luck Dennis.