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Why do we argue? life's so fragile, a successful virus clinging to a speck of mud, suspended in endless nothing.
-Alan Moore
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Why Do We Argue? Life's So Fragile,

Alan Moore
Why do we argue? life's so fragile, a successful virus clinging to a speck of mud, suspended in endless nothing.
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