“So that was my task as leader. Escape from a situation that was complex, dangerous, and littered with unknowns. Get out of the burning labyrinth without stepping on the buried land mines.”

—  John C. Wright

Source: Fugitives of Chaos (2006), Chapter 3, “Circuitous Acts” (p. 42)

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