The simple fact was that she no longer hated them as a matter of principle. It was also a source of shameful… — Alastair Reynolds
The simple fact was that she no longer hated them as a matter of principle. It was also a source of shameful amazement that she could ever have wasted so much energy on groundless prejudice, when acceptance and tolerance would have been the easier, even the lazier, course.
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