“Older doesn’t necessarily mean wiser, Emile, but it does mean older. More…experienced. More adept at dealing with the galaxy, at…taking care of oneself.”

— Steve Perry, book The Man Who Never Missed

Source: The Man Who Never Missed (1985), Chapter 11 (p. 95; ellipses in the original)

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