“I’ve read quite a bit!” “History and biography, mostly what Chains prescribed for you.” “What could possibly be wrong with those subjects?” “As for history, we are living in its ruins. And as for biographies, we are living with the consequences of all the decisions ever made in them. I tend not to read them for pleasure. It’s not unlike carefully scrutinizing the map when one has already reached the destination.” “But romances aren’t real, and surely never were. Doesn’t that take away some of the savor?” “What an interesting choice of words. ‘Not real, and never were.’ Could there be any more
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