"“Anyway, one soon loses appreciation of the value of something gained for nothing, one becomes bored by getting it for the mere asking.” “I don’t,” assured Zalumar. “I like it, I love it.” “Every day I see windows full of gold watches,” said Lakin. “They tire me. I have a gold watch which I obtained by demanding it. I don’t want fifty gold watches. I don’t even want two of them. So what use are all the others to me?”"
Eric Frank Russell

January 1, 1970

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