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First wives are a rite of passage into adult life. In many ways it’s important that first marriages go wrong. That’s how we learn the truth about ourselves.J.G. Ballard
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Have you noticed how vocabularies fluctuate in order to cope with our need to justify ourselves?J.G. Ballard
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Tourism is the great soporific. It's a huge confidence trick, and gives people the dangerous idea that there's something interesting in their lives. It's musical chairs in reverse... All the upgrades in existence lead to the same airports and resort hotels, the same pina colada bullshit. The tourists smile at their tans and their shiny teeth and think they're happy. But the suntans hide who they really are-- salary slaves, with heads full of American rubbish. Travel is the last fantasy the 2oth Century left us, the delusion that going somewhere helps you reinvent yourself. .J.G. Ballard
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So, with all this time on my hands, I decided to start a revolution.J.G. Ballard
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The Thames Shouldered its way past Blackfriars Bridge, impatient with the ancient piers, no longer the passive stream that slid past Chelsea Marina, but a rush of ugly water that had scented the open sea and was ready to make a run for it.J.G. Ballard
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Kill a politician and you're tied to the motive that made you pull the trigger.J.G. Ballard
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Almost pedantically, she added: "They're not really bombs-- they're acoustic provocations.J.G. Ballard