...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too. — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too. — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too. — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too. — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too. — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too. — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too. — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too. — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too. — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too. — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too. — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too. — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too. — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too. — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too. — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too. — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too. — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too. — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too. — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too. — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too. — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too. — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too. — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too. — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too. — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too. — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too. — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too. — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too. — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too. — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
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— David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
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