"Conscience is no more than the dead speaking to us."
"There are times when the vehicle is in the ready mode, there are no indications externally that the vehicle can move and yet if someone accidentally hits the pedal, say when someone's inside, the car will move."
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Source: Jim Carroll (2010). “The Petting Zoo: A Novel”, p.176, Penguin
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