(p. 484)
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The drive to see what’s over the next hill is in part the fear that one may never know, that if one doesn’t go over the hill today, one may never get farther than the village graveyard.
— John Barnes
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The drive to see what’s over the next hill is in part the fear that one may never know, that if one doesn’t go over the hill today, one may never get farther than the village graveyard." in the context of "(p. 484)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "John Barnes" (Quotes, Mother of Storms (1994): All page numbers from the first mass market paperback edition published by Tor Books (May 1995)
Nominated for the 1996 Nebula Award, the 1995 Hugo Award, and the 1995 Arthur C. Clarke Award )
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