As if the dead really do persist, even in a bottle of wine.

Thomas Pynchon
As if the dead really do persist, even in a...
As if the dead really do persist, even in a...
As if the dead really do persist, even in a...
As if the dead really do persist, even in a...
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The quote "As if the dead really do persist, even in a bottle of wine" is an analogy about how people can believe things that are not true. The speaker is saying that he knows this because his grandfather has told him so many times. At this point in the speaker's life, he has already come to the conclusion that it is not true, but his grandfather still believes it.

Source: The Crying Of Lot 49

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