But in the mental overcast of that town, such things went rigidly unremarked, save through their irrelevance… — Tanith Lee
But in the mental overcast of that town, such things went rigidly unremarked, save through their irrelevance. For life was only a series of pitfalls, not to be enjoyed or celebrated. The gods chastised pleasure just as they ignored suffering.
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