# Quote — Gregory Benford, Beyond Infinity

> For her it was a slippery descent into a labyrinth where twin urges fought, revenge versus survival. These two instincts, already ancient before the first hominid walked, rarely married with any security. Yet if she did not feel the pinch of their competition, she would not be, by her own judgment, a true human.

- Author: [Gregory Benford](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gregory-benford.md)
- Book: [Beyond Infinity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gregory-benford/beyond-infinity.md)
- Page: 53
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gregory_Benford#Beyond_Infinity_(2004)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/gregory-benford/beyond-infinity/for-her-it-was

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p. 189 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gregory-benford/beyond-infinity/uncompromising-zeal-doesnt.md)

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p. 104 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gregory-benford/beyond-infinity/you-need-friends.md)