It was Trout's fantasy that somebody would be outraged by the footprints. This would give him the opportunity… — Kurt Vonnegut
It was Trout's fantasy that somebody would be outraged by the footprints. This would give him the opportunity to reply grandly, "What is it that offends you so? I am simply using man's first printing press. You are reading a bold and universal headline which says, 'I am here, I am here, I am here.'"
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