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Superficial (the story of a mad girl)

In this small, darkling room situated at the 5th floor of the building, whose walls were covered by old shelves stocked with books that engulf centuries of wisdom and knowledge, she was sitting quietly on her armchair, caressed by the delicate warm light emanated by an ancient lamp. Unforeseen, a powerful manly voice cuts the air impregnated with the smell of old books: - What do you think is humanity biggest flaw, my darling? he asked with a firm but playful tone. - I'd rather focus on the qualities, but if you already asked this I would say that the biggest flaw of humanity, nowadays,  is superficiality. -Tell me more, my love. - Look around, see these mountains of information we possess and easily have access to, but still, many people don't even know that Helena Petrovna or Helen Keller ever existed. I didn't until I met you. We tend to live in this superficial world thinking that we own a life, but we don't. We forget ourselves in screens, in glasses of wine, i