Suddenly summoned to witness something great and horrendous, we keep fighting not to reduce it to our own smallness.
Well, if that__ what you call being at peace, for heaven__ sake just warn me before you go to war, will you?
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Well, if that__ what you call being at peace, for heaven__ sake just warn me before you go to war, will you?
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