“ Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center. ”
Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano (1952). copy citation
| Author | Kurt Vonnegut |
|---|---|
| Source | Player Piano |
| Topic | sight center edge |
| Date | 1952 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://libcom.org/library/player-piano-kurt-vonnegut |
Context
“«Barely—barely.»
«A psychiatrist could help. There's a good man in Albany.»
Finnerty shook his head. «He'd pull me back into the center, and I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.» He nodded. «Big, undreamed-of things—the people on the edge see them first.» He laid his hand on Paul's shoulder, and Paul fought a reflex that suddenly made him want to get as far away as possible.” source
«A psychiatrist could help. There's a good man in Albany.»
Finnerty shook his head. «He'd pull me back into the center, and I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.» He nodded. «Big, undreamed-of things—the people on the edge see them first.» He laid his hand on Paul's shoulder, and Paul fought a reflex that suddenly made him want to get as far away as possible.” source
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