Ian McDonald Quote

The closer they come to the object of desire the more reluctant they are to grasp it. The search is the thing. The process is the purpose. The final mystery can only be anticlimactic. The story is ended.

Ch. 6, §2 (p. 207) - The Dervish House (2010)

The closer they come to the object of desire the more reluctant they are to grasp it. The search is the thing. The process is the purpose. The final...

The closer they come to the object of desire the more reluctant they are to grasp it. The search is the thing. The process is the purpose. The final...

The closer they come to the object of desire the more reluctant they are to grasp it. The search is the thing. The process is the purpose. The final...

The closer they come to the object of desire the more reluctant they are to grasp it. The search is the thing. The process is the purpose. The final...