Carolina QuotesYou resent death. You regret death. But as for your own life, you know perfectly well that no one can threaten it at all. Death is something that happens to someone else.
Orson Scott Card Connected to the Carolinas
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- Treason (1988)
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- 1988
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“You resent death. You regret death. But as for your own life…” Orson Scott Card. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-E329CB28D6. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/e329cb28d6
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