“Another friend, a child psychologist from the college, once commented that Rachel at age five showed the most reliable indicators of true giftedness in a young person: structured curiosity, empathy for others, compassion, and a fierce sense of fair play.”

—  Dan Simmons, book Hyperion

Source: Hyperion (1989), Chapter 4 (p. 249)

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