“If you choose to go looking for something, you'd better be ready for whatever it is you find. Because it may not be what you've been expecting.”

—  Jodi Picoult

Variant: If you choose to be looking for something, you'd better be ready for whatever it is you are find. Because it may not be what you've been expecting.
Source: Vanishing Acts

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