"The world's a headmaster who works on your faults. I don't mean in a mystical or Jesus way. More how you'll keep tripping over a hidden step, over and...

...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too.
~ David Mitchell (author) ~












...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too.
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