My life was in crisis. All my values were becoming meaningless. I was discovering that my chosen profession was empty, foolish, as useless as-as playing chess. (Robert Silverberg)

My life was in crisis. All my values were becoming meaningless. I was discovering that my chosen profession was empty, foolish, as useless as-as playing chess.

Robert Silverberg

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