Sex in them is twisted, broken: their desperation with the little dreams between birth and death feeds sex to a famine and a flame.
Doris Lessing - Shikasta (1979)*
Not sure exactly what it means yet, though perhaps it could apply to a few expats E@L has met over the years. Famines? For example? Flames such as, say, those licking at one's feet in the Firehouse bar in Wanchai?
If only someone would sit still long enough to write a novel that explains it all to
E@L
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* Full title: "Canopus In Argos: Archives. Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta. Personal Psychological Historical Documents Relating To Visit By Johor (George Sherban) Emissary (Grade 9), 87th Of The Period Of The Last Days." Phew.
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