In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it’s impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves. And then, in that very moment when I love them.... I destroy them. Orson Scott Card
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In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it’s impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves. And then, in that very moment when I love them.... I destroy them.

This quote by Frank Herbert is a classic example of an author explaining the power of revenge. If we cannot understand our enemy, or even love them, there is no way we can defeat them. The heart does not have the same capacity for evil as the mind.

Source: Enders Game

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