I did a lot of my writing as though I was an academic, doing some piece of research as perfectly as possible.
A. S. ByattOn buses and trains, I always think about the inexhaustible variety of human genes. We see types, and occasionally twins, but never doubles. All faces are unique, and this is exhilarating, despite the increasingly plastic similarity of TV stars and actors.
A. S. ByattOnce you get older, people stop listening to what you say. It's very agreeable once you get used to it.
A. S. ByattYou are safe with me." "I am not at all safe, with you. But I have no desire to be elsewhere.
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