• GraniteM@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    Knocking him down won the first fight. I wanted to win all the next ones, too, right then, so they’d leave me alone.

    —Ender Wiggin, Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card

    P.S. This attitude led Ender to >!accidentally genocide an entire sentient alien species.!<