# Hello, world.

By [Seth Putnam](https://paragraph.com/@seth-putnam) · 2022-02-21

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“Twenty minutes… Well, why not? In 20 minutes you can sink a battleship, down three or four planes, hold a double execution. You can die, get married, get fired and find a new job, have a tooth pulled, have your tonsils out. In 20 minutes you can even get up in the morning. You can get a glass of water at a night club — maybe.”

— Raymond Chandler, _Farewell My Lovely (1940)_

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