In wartime Shanghai I saw so many horrors ... Civilised life is based on a huge number of illusions in which we all collaborate willingly. The trouble is, we forget after a while that they are illusions and we are deeply shocked when reality is torn down around us. (J. G. Ballard)

In wartime Shanghai I saw so many horrors ... Civilised life is based on a huge number of illusions in which we all collaborate willingly. The trouble is, we forget after a while that they are illusions and we are deeply shocked when reality is torn down around us.

J. G. Ballard

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