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If Los Angeles is not the one authentic rectum of civilization, then I am no anatomist. Any time you want to go out again and burn it down, count me in.

Source: Letter, 15 March 1927, to F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald on their return from working in Hollywood. Quoted in: James R. Mellon, Invented Lives (1984).
-- H L Mencken, (Sep 12 1880-1956), US editor, satirist; He is known for his biting satire, insults, and debunking in The American Mercury, 1924-33.

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