Perhaps the only reason they survived, Stencil reasoned, was that they were not alone. God knew how many more there were with a hothouse sense of time, no knowledge of life, and at the mercy of Fortune.
Thomas PynchonAbout author
- Author's profession: Writer
- Nationality: american
- Born: May 8, 1937
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