Far too soon a man is in his grave, and how small are the hurricanes and mountains of his life-vengeance, love, might, and conquest-compared to that tiny heap of bone dust at its end. (Tanith Lee)

Far too soon a man is in his grave, and how small are the hurricanes and mountains of his life-vengeance, love, might, and conquest-compared to that tiny heap of bone dust at its end.

Tanith Lee

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