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And it was strange, I thought, that sorrow lasts and can make a man look forward to death, but the mood of victory fills a moment and then is over

V. S. Naipaul
Men, Sorrow, Victory
V.S. Naipaul (2011). “Collected Short Fiction”, p.359, Everyman's Library
And it was strange, I thought, that sorrow lasts and can make a man look forward to death, but the mood of victory fills a moment and then is over