“Marvin did not give way to despair. He gave way instead to anger, which was a much healthier emotion, though equally unproductive.”

— Robert Sheckley , book Mindswap

Source: Mindswap (1966), Chapter 6 (p. 28)

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American writer 1928–2005

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