“They were a traumatized lot, those boys. And I just felt frivolous.”

— William Gibson

No Maps for These Territories (2000)
Context: Consequently, when I got to Toronto, much to my chagrin, I really, really couldn't handle hanging out with the American draft dodgers. There was too much clinical depression. Too much suicide. Too much hardcore substance abuse. They were a traumatized lot, those boys. And I just felt frivolous.

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