““It’s all in the fine print. You should read it sometime.”
“When I’m gripped by existential boredom,” Khouri said, “I might try it.””

—  Alastair Reynolds, book Revelation Space

Source: Revelation Space (2000), Chapter 2 (p. 51).

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