Human beings are free except when humanity needs them. Maybe humanity …

Orson Scott Card
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Human beings are free except when humanity needs them. Maybe humanity needs you. To do something. Maybe humanity needs me—to find out what you're good for. We might both do despicable things, Ender, but if humankind survives, then we were good tools. ✨ Orson Scott Card (2013). The Ender Quintet, p.50, Macmillan
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