You frighten me, when you say there isn't time. I don't see why. Chris…

Orson Scott Card
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You frighten me, when you say there isn't time. I don't see why. Christians have been expecting the imminent end of the world for millennia. But it keeps not ending. So far, so good. ✨ Orson Scott Card (2013). Ender's Game Boxed Set I: Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon, p.371, Tor Science Fiction
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