“I never cared about whatever tragic event happened in China. It's faraway decoration, even if in blood and plague.”

Ibid., p. 164
The Book of Disquiet
Original: Nunca me pesou o que de trágico se passasse na China. É decoração longínqua, ainda que a sangue e peste.

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