“For many citizens of the Western world, this situation proved, as you might imagine, troubling—especially in the United States, where reality has never enjoyed a great deal of prestige.”

— James K. Morrow

Source: Blameless in Abaddon (1996), Chapter 6 (p. 129; spoken by the Devil)

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