Sol realized what he had known and forgotten about very small communities: they were frequently annoying… — Dan Simmons
Sol realized what he had known and forgotten about very small communities: they were frequently annoying, always parochial, sometimes prying on a one-to-one level, but never had they subscribed to the vicious legacy of the so-called “public’s right to know.”
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