Personal affection is a luxury you can have only after all your enemie…

Orson Scott Card
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Personal affection is a luxury you can have only after all your enemies are eliminated. Until then, everyone you love is a hostage, sapping your courage and corrupting your judgment. ✨ Orson Scott Card (2009). Empire, p.64, Macmillan
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