“Those who are unwilling to admit error are fated to repeat it?”

— Lois McMaster Bujold , book The Hallowed Hunt

Source: World of the Five Gods series, The Hallowed Hunt (2005), Chapter 4 (p. 57)

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Science Fiction and fantasy author from the USA 1949

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