“Like all neo-puritans you have a mind like an open drain.”
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John Brunner
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The Jagged Orbit
Source: The Jagged Orbit (1969), Chapter 44, “A Firm Decision to Go Into the Wagon-Fixing Business in a Big Way” (p. 132)
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