“"You one of those right wing nut outfits?" inquired the diplomatic Metzger.
Fallopian twinkled. "They accuse us of being paranoids."
"They?" inquired Metzger, twinkling also.
"Us?" asked Oedipa.”

—  Thomas Pynchon , book The Crying of Lot 49

Source: The Crying of Lot 49 (1966), Chapter 3

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