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Show •282 philosophers. The unexamined life might not be worth living, but the examined life has become a joke. Everybody's got an opinion. God save us from opinions. From salvation by paperback prophets. From professors. From psychologists. God save us from saviors of all kinds. Most of all, God save us from ourselves. I heard the faint ringing of the telephone and a moment later Alice called me through the vent-pipe. "If s for you. " "Tell them I'm dead." "It's a woman. She says she used to know you a long time ago." "What's her name?" A long pause. "Jenny Prudhomme." God. Save. Us. "Hello? Hello Buck? Is that you?" "How long ago was it, Jenny?" "You sound just the same," she said. "You didn't forget me, huh?" "I didn't forget," I said. "Didn't I tell you it was my first time?" "It wasn't mine," she said. "But I guess you knew that. Did you mind?" "No. Listen, this is crazy after all these years, but I want to ask you something. I was too shy to ask you |