The whole of modern so-called civilised existence is an attempt to deny reality insofar as it exists. When did Don last look at the stars, when did Norman last get soaked in a rainstorm? The stars as far as these people are concerned are the Manhattan-pattern! He jerked his thumb at a window beyond which the city's treasure-house of coloured light glimmered gaudily.
continuity (13) Multiply by a Million - Stand on Zanzibar (1968)