“The wounded want power, nothing else; they think it will keep them from being hurt again.”

— Lois McMaster Bujold, Vorkosigan Saga

Vorkosigan Saga, Borders of Infinity (1989)

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Science Fiction and fantasy author from the USA 1949

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