Chapter 17

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the phone either looks like it's dying to say something, or else it's resenting that it's trapped inside it's form
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Now the phone company. All those lines coming together. Lines stretching all the way from this very room. Connecting me, in principle, to anyone and everyone
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But no matter how advanced the system, no matter how precise, unless we have the will to communicate, there's no connection
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(Dance-Dance-Dance by Haruki Murakami)

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