“I have so much paperwork. I'm afraid my paperwork has paperwork.”
Gabrielle Zevin book Elsewhere
Source: Elsewhere
“So much paperwork to read! So much paperwork to push away! So much paperwork to pretend he hadn't received and that might have been eaten by gargoyles.”
— Terry Pratchett, book Snuff
Source: Snuff
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