“What can we do?” said they, limping home. “We are only ordinary men.” By which they meant they thought… — Tanith Lee
“What can we do?” said they, limping home. “We are only ordinary men.”
By which they meant they thought themselves extraordinary enough that their skins must be saved at all costs.
p. 56Source: Wikiquote · CC BY-SA 4.0
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