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It’s always easier to hate than to forgive, isn’t it?
Alastair Reynolds, British science fiction author (born 1966)
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It has always been easy to hate and destroy. To build and to cherish is much more difficult.
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It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.
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