For it is in the millions of small melodies that the truth of history …

Orson Scott Card
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For it is in the millions of small melodies that the truth of history is always found, for history only matters because of the effects we see or imagine in the lives of the ordinary people who are caught up in, or give shape to, the great events. ✨ Orson Scott Card (2013). Ender's Game Boxed Set I: Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon, p.843, Tor Science Fiction
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