Once the state starts providing, it feels free to hand out the rules, too! " Larch blurted hastily.."In a better world.." she began patiently." No, not in a better world! " he cried. "In this one--in this world. I take this world as a given. Talk to me about this world! ". ."Oh, I can't always be right, " Larch said tiredly." Yes, I know, " Nurse Caroline said sympathetically. "It's because even a good man can't always be right that we need a society, that we need certain rules--call them priorities, if you prefer, " she said..Always in the background of his mind, there was a newborn baby crying.. And they were not crying to be born, he knew; they were crying because they were born. John Irving
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