“One of the questions whose answers we seek is why we seek.”
Gene Wolfe (1931–2019) American science fiction and fantasy writer
Fiction, "The Fifth Head of Cerberus", Orbit 10 (1972)
“The answers we seek aren't always the answers we want, are they? But knowing the truth is what helps us sleep at night.”
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