Jake was close to tears. In that moment he saw the world in its true light, as a place where nothing had ever been any good and nothing of significance done: no art worth a second look, no philosophy of the slightest appositeness, no law but served the state, no history that gave an inkling of how it had been and what had happened. And no love, only egotism, infatuation and lust. Kingsley Amis
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Inspired by the death of his best friend, Jake came to the realisation that there was no love in the world. He was so disappointed that he started to cry. He knew that if there was no love in the world, then everything else would only bring out the worst in people.

Source: Jakes Thing

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