Changing the world is good for those who want their names in books. Bu…

Orson Scott Card
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Changing the world is good for those who want their names in books. But being happy, that is for those who write their names in the lives of others, and hold the hearts of others as the treasure most dear. ✨ Orson Scott Card (2009). Children of the Mind, p.202, Macmillan
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Changing the world is good for those who want their names in books. But being happy, that is for those who write their names in the lives of others, and hold the hearts of others as the treasure most dear. ✨ Orson Scott Card (2009). Children of the Mind, p.202, Macmillan

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