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10.24.2005

Flowery prose alert! Flowery prose alert! Gross, dude:

"For thousands of years, something in the eternally lustrous metal has driven people to the outer edges of desire - to have it and hoard it, to kill or conquer for it, to possess it like a lover."

Behind Gold's Glitter: Torn Lands and Pointed Questions (NYTimes)

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