"The attempt to impose upon man, a creature of growth and capable of sweetness, to ooze juicily at the last… — Anthony Burgess
"The attempt to impose upon man, a creature of growth and capable of sweetness, to ooze juicily at the last round the bearded lips of God, to attempt to impose, I say, laws and conditions appropriate to a mechanical creation, against this I raise my sword-pen."
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