My experience of life is that it is not divided up into genres; it’s a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you're lucky.

Alan Moore
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My experience of life is that it is not divided up into genres; it’s a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you're lucky. It is not divided into genres; it is divided into the parts of our lives that are horrible, romantic, tragic, comical, or science-fiction. It is the story of your life written in the form of a book.

If you don't believe that this book has a happy ending then there's no point in reading it. Everyone knows that how life ends is more important than how life begins. - Kurt Vonnegut

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