“In a city where most of the wealth is controlled by a small few, certain things are overlooked, particularly when it comes to the assertion of privilege.”

— Ellen Kushner, book The Privilege of the Sword

Part IV, Chapter V (p. 385)
The Privilege of the Sword (2006)

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