" they are a most depressed and depressing group, for they are all, you see, exiles or refugees or travelers between the worlds who lost their way and never found it again. No-one lives in Ameeron by choice.” “A veritable City of the Damned.” “As the poet might remark, aye.” Rackhir offered Elric a sardonic wink. “But I sometimes think all cities are that. "

― Michael Moorcock , Elric: The Sleeping Sorceress (Chronicles of the Last Emperor of Melniboné, #3)