The ordinary, utterly mundane reason behind the massacre makes it some…

Khaled Hosseini
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The ordinary, utterly mundane reason behind the massacre makes it somehow more terrible, and far more depressing. The word 'senseless' springs to mind, and Idris thwarts it. It's what people always say. A senseless act of violence. A senseless murder. As if you could commit sensible murder. ✨ Khaled Hosseini (2013). And the Mountains Echoed, p.150, A&C Black
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