Carolina QuotesFirst we try to preserve ourselves, until we see that we can't. Then we try to preserve our children, until we see we can't. Then we act to preserve our kin, and then our village or tribe, and when we see we can't preserve even them, then we act in order to preserve our memory. And if we can't do that, what is left?
Orson Scott Card Connected to the Carolinas
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- Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus (1996)
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- 1996
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“First we try to preserve ourselves, until we see that we can…” Orson Scott Card. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-B43317F65B. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/b43317f65b
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