“Sometimes the best in people comes out during emergencies. Sometimes not.”

—  John C. Wright

Source: Titans of Chaos (2007), Chapter 19, “The Swift God, Thrice-Greatest” Section 9 (p. 267)

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American novelist and technical writer 1961

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