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But whether there's some grand design really matters little to me. My only hope was this: to see what might be, to believe that it should be, and then to do all I could to bring it to pass, whatever the cost.
Orson Scott Card
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Orson Scott Card
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: August 24
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