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“So you thought you’d come back, my wicked one. Where have you been?”
“In hell,” said Titus. “Swigging blood and munching scorpions.”
“That must have been great fun, my darling.”
“Not so,” said Titus, “hell is overrated.”

— Mervyn Peake Titus Alone (1959)

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