“I began to feel lighthearted. Don’t ever do that; it tempts some dark and evil force abroad in the universe.”

—  Tanith Lee, book Don't Bite the Sun

Part 4, Chapter 4 (p. 122)
Don't Bite the Sun (1976)

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