Alfred Bester book The Stars My Destination
Source: The Stars My Destination (1956), Chapter 16 (p. 247).
“We’re all racing,” he said.
“Yeah, but some of us in the wrong direction.”
— China Miéville, book Iron Council
Part 6 “The Caucus Race”, chapter 20 (p. 364)
Iron Council (2004)
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