The Cardboard Valise Quotes

“You see these unsold goods taking up space in busy stores and ask yourself, 'Who would ever buy such a thing? To whose antiquated and misguided sense of taste would such a thing appeal?' To the dead, I answer! The dead are the eternally out of fashion!

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These piles of unsold goods are conclusive proof of the existence of an eternal and insatiable appetite.”
― Ben Katchor, The Cardboard Valise