It was a fault of the human condition-or perhaps a blessing-that there was no situation which did not eventually become the normal state of affairs. (Alastair Reynolds)

It was a fault of the human condition-or perhaps a blessing-that there was no situation which did not eventually become the normal state of affairs.

Alastair Reynolds

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