Deadhouse-gates Quote by Steven Erikson
““People of civilized countenance made much of exposing the soft underbellies of their psyche—effete and sensitive were the brands of finer breeding. It was easy for them, safe, and that was the whole point, after all: a statement of coddled opulence that burned the throats of the poor more than any ostentatious show of wealth.””
![“[W]e are hardened to what we know, and we rationalise and even justify cruelties practised by us and our like while retaining the capacity to be outraged, even disgusted by practices equally cruel which, under the hands of strangers, take a different form.” quote by John Keegan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/384/john-keegan-14504_cruelty_w-e-are-hardened-to-what-we-know-and-we_1330657.jpg)
