# Quote — Steve Perry, The Vastalimi Gambit

> Well. You were allowed to be young and stupid, when you were young and stupid, and if it didn’t do you in, you might get older and wiser.

- Author: [Steve Perry](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steve-perry.md)
- Book: [The Vastalimi Gambit](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steve-perry/the-vastalimi-gambit.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/steve-perry/the-vastalimi-gambit/well-you-were

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> He understood the phenomenon, of how almost dying made you appreciate what life had to offer. And it was a potent drug, that feeling. Battle was not glorious. But surviving it? That was.

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> “The rules are different for rich men,” he said. “Always have been.”

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