“Once they notice you, Jason realized, they never completely close the file. You can never get back your anonymity. It is vital not to be noticed in the first place.”

—  Philip K. Dick, book Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said

Source: Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said (1974), Chapter 6 (p. 75)

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