The most trivial skirmish is not trivial to those who die in it, and so should not be trivial in any ultimate sense to us. (Gene Wolfe)

The most trivial skirmish is not trivial to those who die in it, and so should not be trivial in any ultimate sense to us.

Gene Wolfe

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