There is some comfort to be had in contemplating the folly of so many dead, don't you think? ... and more comfort still in contemplating the continuity. (Peter Greenaway)

There is some comfort to be had in contemplating the folly of so many dead, don't you think? ... and more comfort still in contemplating the continuity.

Peter Greenaway

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