“It will cause a great many changes.”

—  Sarah Monette, book The Goblin Emperor

“Yes, but one cannot prevent change simply by wishing it not to happen.”
Source: The Goblin Emperor (2014), Chapter 22, "The Bridge over the Upazhera" (p. 275)

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