“Well, perhaps you have begun your journey toward wisdom, Mr. Flattery,” Kent said seriously. “We have such a short time and the journey is so terribly long. One cannot begin too soon.”

— Sean Russell

Source: World Without End (1995), Chapter 11 (p. 158)

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