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161 " Justice?—You get justice in the next world, in this world you have the law. "
― William Gaddis , A Frolic of His Own
162 " People . . . the instant you look at them they begin to talk, automatically, they take it for granted you understand them, that you recognize them, that they have something to say to you, and you have to wait, you have to pretend to listen, pretend you don't know what's coming next while they go right on talking with no idea what they're talking about, they don't even know but they go right on, trying to explain who they are because they take it for granted you want to know, not that they have the damnedest idea as far as that goes, they just want to know what kind of a receptacle you'll be for their confidences. "
― William Gaddis
163 " every work of art is a work of perfect necessity. "
― William Gaddis , The Recognitions
