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... and he hoped this wasn’t what life was—a series of departures. But he suspected it was. === ... we don’t believe in kings or princes or presidents. We believe we’re all kings and princes and presidents. We’re all whatever we decide to be and no one tells us different. === Meyer lit a cigarette from the butt of his previous one, Meyer capable of filling an ashtray faster than a roomful of junkie gamblers. === “I wish we were still outlaws.” “But we’re not,” Joe said. “We’re gangsters === “What’s the word for when you know one thing but you still believe the opposite?” “I don’t know,” Joe said. “A paradox?” === Armed men watched the fields, ostensibly to protect the plants from thieves, but really to keep the workers in line or the ones with debt from running off. And all the workers carried debt. This isn’t a farm, ... it’s a prison.