“He said that humanity in the main was crass, stupid, boorish and vulgar, and that I could learn at least this much from you.”

—  Jack Vance, Lyonesse Trilogy

Source: Lyonesse Trilogy (1983-1989), The Green Pearl (1985), Chapter 6, section 5 (p. 451)

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