Romance is the opiate of the dissatisfied, it anaesthesises them from the pain of their disordered… — Susan Howatch
Romance is the opiate of the dissatisfied, it anaesthesises them from the pain of their disordered second-rate lives [...] If romance is the opiate of the dissatisfied then surely nostalgia is the opiate of the disillusioned, for those who see all their dreams come true and find themselves living in a nightmare.
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