“Do intellect and morality count for nothing in the way the future unfolds? [... ] Greed is our king, and corruption is his servant.”

—  Nick Drake (poet)

Source: The Rahotep series, Book 3: Egypt: The Book of Chaos (2011), Ch. 2

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British writer 1961

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