“You make it sound like having the power to change the world is a bad thing.” “Bad? No. Abhorrent… — Brandon Sanderson
“You make it sound like having the power to change the world is a bad thing.”
“Bad? No. Abhorrent, depressing, ghastly. Having power is a terrible burden, the worst thing imaginable, except for every other alternative.”
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