“Sometimes,” he said, “I think life is just one long series of blown opportunities.”

— Jack McDevitt

Source: Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins, Deepsix (2001), Chapter 22 (p. 327)

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American novelist, Short story writer 1935

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