“You’re supposed to be here making things better.”
He grimaced. “I’ve come to the conclusion that that’s the first mistake. This place is rotten to the core. Trying to make it better just gets the rotten on you.”
Source: Bitter Angels (2009), Chapter 25 (pp. 309-310)
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