Mercy, I have learned, is a thing that is withheld from one whenever he most needs it,” he said. "Yet when he is in a position to grant it himself, those who withheld it previously cry out for it. (Roger Zelazny)

Mercy, I have learned, is a thing that is withheld from one whenever he most needs it,” he said. "Yet when he is in a position to grant it himself, those who withheld it previously cry out for it.

Roger Zelazny

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