Victor Pelevin. Batman Apollo (№ 272709)

Vampires are notorious, so much so that for many centuries will not allow themselves to think freely. And people never could. Moreover, today's market etiquette requires the seller of labour all the time to smile under threat of dismissal. People don't realize that constantly scream in pain. But if anyone will understand, even he himself did not dare to confess to such a deep misery.
- How is it that people don't understand that scream in pain?
- But how can they understand? People don't remember them actually happening minute by minute, because they are not in the habit of observing yourself. And each new person did not remember one that suffered in her place three minutes ago. People are so deeply immersed in suffering that he learned to consider "happiness" the level where they are still able to stretch the face into the required decorum smile. Man forced to break this stupid play even alone, as in its internal dimension there is nothing at all except for controlling his thoughts and emotions social implants, which from childhood he takes for himself...