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— Iain Banks"I am, as I have always been, of the opinion that while the niceties of normal moral constraints should be our guides, they must not be our masters."
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As far as the game of marbles is concerned, there is therefore no contradiction between the egocentric practice of games and the mystical respect entertained for rules. This respect is the mark of a mentality fashioned, not by free cooperation between equals, but by adult constraint.
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