All his life he had lived by the law. Often his job had been to stop acts of revenge.... And now revenge was all that life had left for him. (Vernor Vinge)

All his life he had lived by the law. Often his job had been to stop acts of revenge.... And now revenge was all that life had left for him.

Vernor Vinge

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