No human being, when you understand his desires, is worthless. No one'…

Orson Scott Card
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No human being, when you understand his desires, is worthless. No one's life is nothing. Even the most evil of men and women, if you understand their hearts, had some generous act that redeems them, at least a little, from their sins. ✨ Orson Scott Card (2009). Speaker for the Dead, p.97, Macmillan
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