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“Funny how "question" contains the word "quest" inside it, as though any small question asked is a journey through briars.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, Under in the Mere

“You didn’t get the quest you wanted, you got the one you could do.”
― Lev Grossman, The Magician King

“Heroes know that things must happen when it is time for them to happen. A quest may not simply be abandoned; unicorns may go unrescued for a long time, but not forever; a happy ending cannot come in the middle of the story.”
― Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn

“Say it, reader. Say the word 'quest' out loud. It is an extraordinary word, isn't it? So small and yet so full of wonder, so full of hope.”
― Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux

“Everything you possess of skill, and wealth, and handicraft,
wasn't it first merely a thought and a quest?”
― Rumi Jalalu'l-Din

“Not all those who wander are lost.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that.”
― Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth