“Some problems could only be solved by running away from them.”

— Lois McMaster Bujold, book Paladin of Souls

Paladin of Souls (2003)
Context: You can't solve problems by running away from them, it was said, and like the good child she had once been, she had believed this. But it wasn't true. Some problems could only be solved by running away from them.

p. 36

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