Does it help if we're so strong-willed, stubborn, ambitious, and selfi…

Orson Scott Card
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Does it help if we're so strong-willed, stubborn, ambitious, and selfish that we always overcome everything in our way no matter what? asked Wang-mu. I think those are the pertinent virtues, yes, said Peter. Then let's do it. That's us in spades. ✨ Orson Scott Card (2009). Children of the Mind, p.185, Macmillan
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