“America is an outstandingly dangerous place. Consider this: every year in New Hampshire a dozen or more people are killed crashing their cars into moose. Now correct me if I am wrong, but this is not something that is likely to happen to you on the way home from Sainsbury's.”

— Bill Bryson

I'm a Stranger Here Myself (US), Notes From a Big Country (UK) (1998)

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