Never underestimate the human capacity for wishful thinking and willfu…

Lois McMaster Bujold
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Never underestimate the human capacity for wishful thinking and willful blindness,' said Miles. Such as a whole society of people who became so wrapped up in avoiding death, they forgot to be alive?
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