We only become beasts—we become worse than beasts—when we torment others. - Iain Banks

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We only become beasts—we become worse than beasts—when we torment others.

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About Iain Banks

Iain Menzies Banks (February 16, 1954 – June 9, 2013), officially Iain Banks, was a Scottish writer. As Iain M. Banks he wrote science fiction; as Iain Banks he wrote literary fiction.

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Pen Names: Iain M. Banks
Alternative Names: Iain Menzies Banks
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