Stroke Machines

Famous quotes containing the words stroke and/or machines:

“Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede I have ever seen? “And here is my good big centipede!” If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.”
—William Burroughs (b. 1914)

“Shoes are the first adult machines we are given to master.”
—Nicholson Baker (b. 1957)