When you stopped to think about it, he reflected, there weren't many things in life one truly needed. To want too much was worse than greed: it was stupidity-a waste of precious time and effort. (Tad Williams)

When you stopped to think about it, he reflected, there weren't many things in life one truly needed. To want too much was worse than greed: it was stupidity-a waste of precious time and effort.

Tad Williams

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