They plot, they plot, sleeping or afoot they never let up. Author: Thomas Pynchon Copy Quote More from Thomas Pynchon “Who claims Truth, Truth abandons. History is hir'd, or coerc'd, only in Interes…” “But on the way home tonight, you wish you'd picked him up, held him a bit. Just…” “It is simply wrong to begin with a theme, symbol or other abstract unifying age…” “Because everybody on the school board, and the railroad, and the PTA and paper …”