Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf. Survival first, then happiness as we can manage it. So, Ender, I hope you do not bore me during your training with complaints that you are not having fun.
 Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game (1985). copy citation

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Author Orson Scott Card
Source Ender's Game
Topic humanity survival
Date 1985
Language English
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