I've always thought tests are a gift. And great tests are a great gift…

Lois McMaster Bujold
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I've always thought tests are a gift. And great tests are a great gift. To fail the test is a misfortune. But to refuse the test is to refuse the gift, and something worse, more irrevocable, than misfortune. ✨ Lois McMaster Bujold (1999). Cordelia's Honor, p.158, Baen Books
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I've always thought tests are a gift. And great tests are a great gift. To fail the test is a misfortune. But to refuse the test is to refuse the gift, and something worse, more irrevocable, than misfortune. ✨ Lois McMaster Bujold (1999). Cordelia's Honor, p.158, Baen Books

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