“And how do you spend your… days?” “I walk and visit libraries and cinemas. When short of money I go to the security place. But most of the time I watch the sky from the balcony.” “And are you happy?” “No, but I’m content. There are nastier ways of living.” Sludden laughed. “No wonder you’ve a morbid obsession with daylight. Instead of visiting ten parties since you came here, laying ten women and getting drunk ten times, you’ve watched thirty days go by. Instead of making life a continual feast you chop it into days and swallow them regularly, like pills.” Lanark looked sideways at Sludden.
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