“Robert Arctor halted. Stared at them, at the straights in their fat suits, their fat ties, their fat shoes, and he thought, Substance D can’t destroy their brains; they have none.”

Source: A Scanner Darkly (1977), Chapter 2 (p. 26)

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American author 1928–1982

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