“The person who, let us say, expects generosity from a bank, efficient flexibility from a government agency, open-mindedness from a religious institution will be disappointed. In each purview the notions represent immorality. The poor fool might as quickly discover love among the mantises.”

Quotations and text from the Demon Princes novels, The Book of Dreams

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American mystery and speculative fiction writer 1916–2013

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