You were faster than me. Better than me. I was too old and cautious. A…

Orson Scott Card
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You were faster than me. Better than me. I was too old and cautious. Any decent person who knos waht warfare is can never go into battle with a whole heart. But you didn't know. We made sure youo didn't know. You were reckless and brilliant and young. It's waht you were born for. ✨ Orson Scott Card (2013). Ender's Game Boxed Set II: Ender's Game, Ender in Exile, Speak for the Dead, p.308, Tor Science Fiction
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