"What would it be like to exist in a world without suffering? To have no needs, only desires? To be surrounded by so much beauty that you forget how ugly life is for everyone else? Who wouldn’t want that? Who wouldn’t be willing to fight for it? What the alumni did to get there – lie, cheat, steal, kill – I’m sure they’d all say it was worth it. And I bet they sleep soundly because they know that their nameless, faceless victims would have done the same thing."

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Source: Kirsten Miller (2010). “The Eternal Ones”, p.258, Penguin

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Kirsten Miller

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Kirsten Miller is an author known for her insightful exploration of love and identity in her novels, particularly in 'The Eternal Ones'.

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