Carolina QuotesSometimes it felt to him as though he's spent most of his life traveling, and never quite got to anywhere that mattered. Then again, that might be as good a description of what life was supposed to be as anyone ever thought of. The only real destination was death, and our lives consisted of finding the most circuitous and pleasant path to get there.
Orson Scott Card Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Chapter 7 “Errand Boy” (p. 136).
- work
- The Crystal City (2003)
- year
- 2003
- locator
- p. 136
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