In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well en…

Orson Scott Card
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In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it’s impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves. And then, in that very moment when I love them.... I destroy them. ✨ Orson Scott Card (2010). Ender's Game, p.152, Macmillan
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