“The human eye is a wonderful device. With a little effort, it can fail to see even the most glaring injustice.”

— Richard K. Morgan, book Altered Carbon

Source: Altered Carbon (2002), Chapter 23 (p. 300)
Context: “The human eye is a wonderful device,” I quoted from Poems and Other Prevarications absently. “With a little effort, it can fail to see even the most glaring injustice.”

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