""Death is the mother of beauty," said Henry. "And what is beauty?" "Terror." [...] "And if beauty is terror," said Julian, "then what is desire? We think we have many desires, but in fact we have only one. What is it?" "To live," said Camilla. "To live forever," said Bunny, chin cupped in his palm."
The Secret History

January 1, 1970

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