This is a terrible work," I said. "Why did you do it?" "The usual reasons," said the Magister. "I told myself it was piety and duty to the Church, bu… - Ben Aaronovitch

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This is a terrible work," I said. "Why did you do it?"
"The usual reasons," said the Magister. "I told myself it was piety and duty to the Church, but a thousand years of contemplation will batter down the doors of one's own delusions.

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Ben Dylan Aaronovitch (born February 1964) is an English author and screenwriter.

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