They suffered from the terrible delusion that something could be done.…

Terry Pratchett
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They suffered from the terrible delusion that something could be done. They seemed prepared to make the world the way they wanted it or die in the attempt, and the trouble with dying in the attempt was that you died in the attempt. ✨ Sourcery. Book by Terry Pratchett, 1988.
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