Can you be happy with the movies, and the ads, and the clot… - Katherine Dunn

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Can you be happy with the movies, and the ads, and the clothes in the stores, and the doctors, and the eyes as you walk down the street all telling you there is something wrong with you? No. You cannot be happy. Because, you poor darling baby, you believe them.

Katherine Dunn

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Katherine Dunn (October 24, 1945 – May 11, 2016) was a best-selling novelist, journalist, voice artist, radio personality, book reviewer, and poet.

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