“…the natural process of aging, which according to Dr. Wiggs Dannyboy, is so unnaturally cruel that only man could have ordained it — neither nature nor God would stoop so low.”

— Tom Robbins , book Jitterbug Perfume

Jitterbug Perfume (1984)

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