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> [“He had a swift and utterly lucid vision of himself in this position in thirty-odd years. Loathsome tea, hot steam, silver spoon, and fifty-year-old Chloe seated opposite him talking about clothing, because to her it was categorically, absolutely, the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/he-had-a-swift-and-utterly-lucid-vision-of-himself-in-this-position/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

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