Chapter 5, “Famous Last Words” (pp. 72-73)
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The parking lot was full of cars belonging to relatives, and one news truck from a local television station.
“Easy, Bill,” Tom said, and guided me gently away from the camera crew. “You don’t want to wind up on the six o’clock news. Not that way.”
“I hope there’s a hell, Tom. And when those guys get there, I hope the devil’s waiting to shove a camera in their faces and ask them what they feel like.”
— John Varley
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The parking lot was full of cars belonging to relatives, and one news truck from a local television station.
“Easy, Bill,” Tom said, and guided me gently away from the camera crew. “You don’t want to wind up on the six o’clock news. Not that way.”
“I hope there’s a hell, Tom. And when those guys get there, I hope the devil’s waiting to shove a camera in their faces and ask them what they feel like.”" in the context of "Chapter 5, “Famous Last Words” (pp. 72-73)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "John Varley" (Quotes, Millennium (1983): All page numbers from the mass market edition published by Berkley Books in May 1985, , 4th printing
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About John Varley
John Herbert Varley (born August 9, 1947, in Austin, Texas) is an American science fiction author.
About John Varley
John Herbert Varley (born August 9, 1947, in Austin, Texas) is an American science fiction author.
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