Kurt Vonnegut book The Sirens of Titan
Source: The Sirens of Titan (1959), Chapter 6 “A Deserter in Time of War” (p. 162)
“He realized that he had thought only about the first step, never imagined the last.”
— Colum McCann, book Let the Great World Spin
Source: Let the Great World Spin
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