He was destined to desert me." "How do you know I won't?" "… - Mike Resnick

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He was destined to desert me."
"How do you know I won't?"
"Because you are selfish enough and greedy enough and immoral enough to realize that your best interest lies in total fealty to me," she replied.
"I don't know that I especially like that assessment of me," said the Kid.
"The question is not whether you like it," replied Penelope, "but whether it is true.

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Mike Resnick (March 5, 1942 – January 9, 2020) was an American science fiction writer and editor. Resnick was nominated for 37 Hugo Awards and won five times; he won one Nebula Award from eleven nominations.

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