““Is it my fault?” Joe said. “Did I make that quarter you gave me obsolete?” He felt anger.
“In some weird way,” Al said, “yes, it is your fault. But I don’t know how. Maybe one day I’ll figure it out.””

—  Philip K. Dick , book Ubik

Source: Ubik (1969), Chapter 7 (p. 91)

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