“I felt the question was stupid so I didn't answer.”

— Dan Fante

Source: Novels, Spitting off Tall Buildings (1996), Ch.6 - p.33 [Page numbers per the Canongate Books Ltd. 2001 UK paperback edition]

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“I felt the question was stupid so I didn't answer.”

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