"Charm was a scheme for making strangers like and trust a person immediately, no matter what the charmer had in mind."

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I can't tell if you're serious or not,' said the driver. I won't know myself until I find out if life is serious or not,' said Trout. 'It's dangerous, I know, and it can hurt a lot. That doesn't necessarily mean it's serious, too.

— Kurt Vonnegut