“Many men of importance were gathered there to be seen talking with other men of importance, resulting in an abundance of conspicuous but immaterial discourse.”

— Sheri S. Tepper

Source: The Visitor (2002), Ch. 4 : the cooper, p. 40

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American fiction writer 1929–2016

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