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So why did you do it? August stared at the ceiling pensively. "It gets easier to risk your life as you get older. I think women understand that when … - Karl Schroeder
" "So why did you do it?
August stared at the ceiling pensively. "It gets easier to risk your life as you get older. I think women understand that when they have children. Suddenly they know they would give their life for their child, and it doesn't bother them. With men it's different, but we…trade our allegiance in the same way. At some point, if you've grown up at all, you have to decide that something outside yourself is more important than you are. Otherwise you'll be a miserable bastard, and you'll die screaming." He closed one eye and peered at Jordan. "That make sense?"
"I don't know," Jordan said uncomfortably.
"You get perspective. You can stand outside your own death, a little. Not while you're dying, though."
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About Karl Schroeder
Karl Schroeder (born September 4, 1962) is a Canadian science fiction author.
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