“He’s young,” she said.
“We’ve all been guilty of that sin,” said Alvin. “And some never get over it.”

—  Orson Scott Card

Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, The Crystal City (2003), Chapter 9 “Expeditions” (p. 175).

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