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As Wilde once noted, Nature imitates Art as much as Art imitates Nature. We never see a foggy city the same way after we have encountered a Whistler painting of a foggy city; sea water never looks the same after we’ve read Lovecraft’s stories of Cthulhu, the Deep Ones, the Shoggoths and the other loathsome creatures who dwell at the ocean’s floor; friendly strangers never look quite as honest after you’ve passed through a Thomas Harris novel about serial killers and how they inspire trust and confidence and persuade otherwise sensible people to come with them to lonely places.
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