# Quote — Philip K. Dick, Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said

> Once they notice you, Jason realized, they never completely close the file. You can never get back your anonymity. It is vital not to be noticed in the first place.

- Author: [Philip K. Dick](https://www.leafyquotes.com/philip-k-dick.md)
- Book: [Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said](https://www.leafyquotes.com/philip-k-dick/flow-my-tears-the-policeman-said.md)
- Page: 75
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> “Are you an official of some kind? Like a greeter? Or from the L. A. Chamber of Commerce? I've had dealings with them and they’re all right.”
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> “No,” Buckman said. “I'm an individual. Like you.”

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> Probably she should not have gotten away with it for as long as she had...but sometime, he had often thought, the retribution will come: reality denied comes back to haunt.

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> Am I being paid back for something I did? He asked himself. Something I don't know about or remember? But nobody pays back, he reflected. I learned that a long time ago: you're not paid back for the bad you do nor the good you do. It all comes out uneven at the end. Haven't I learned that by now, if I've learned anything?

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