The most important thing about quests, he decided, was not in finding …

Lois McMaster Bujold
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The most important thing about quests, he decided, was not in finding what you went looking for, but in finding what you never could have imagined before you ventured forth. ✨ Interview with Lois McMaster Bujold about writing the Vorkosigan Saga. Interview with Jo Walton, www.tor.com. April 20, 2009.
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