What is a human being, then?" ... "A seed." "A ... seed?" "An acorn that is unafraid to destroy itself in growing into a tree. (David Zindell)

What is a human being, then?" ... "A seed." "A ... seed?" "An acorn that is unafraid to destroy itself in growing into a tree.

David Zindell

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