The only use for military service is that it reveals the number of mor…

Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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The only use for military service is that it reveals the number of morons in the population, he would remark. And that can be discovered in the first two weeks; there's no need for two years. Army, Marriage, the Church and Banking: the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Yes, go on, laugh. ✨ Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2005). The Shadow of the Wind, p.99, Penguin
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