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That,” I said, “is the business of the gods, who made us.” “Yes, but for what? We ought to be good for it, whatever it is. How can we live, until we… - Mary Renault
" "That,” I said, “is the business of the gods, who made us.”
“Yes, but for what? We ought to be good for it, whatever it is. How can we live, until we know?”
I gazed at him; such desperate words, yet he looked all lit from within. He saw I was paying attention; that was enough to draw him on.
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Mary Renault (born Mary Challans, 4 September 1905 – 13 December 1983) was an English writer most famous for her historical novels set in ancient Greece.
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Eileen Mary Challans
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