“Power is better than revenge. Power is a live thing, by which you reach out to grasp the future. Revenge is a dead thing, reaching out from the past to grasp you.”

— Lois McMaster Bujold , Vorkosigan Saga

Vorkosigan Saga, Borders of Infinity (1989)

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