“The times do, in fact change. They change relentlessly. Inevitably. Inventively. And as they change, they set into bright relief not only outmoded honorifics and hunting jorns, but silver summoners and mother-of-pearl opera glasses and all manner of carefully crafted things that have outlived their usefulness.
Carefully crafted things that have outlived their usefulness, thought the Count. I wonder...”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
Carefully crafted things that have outlived their usefulness, thought the Count. I wonder...”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
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