# Quote — Harry Turtledove, Settling Accounts: Drive to the East

> Dowling had long since abandoned optimism along with the other illusions of his youth.

- Author: [Harry Turtledove](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove.md)
- Book: [Settling Accounts: Drive to the East](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/settling-accounts-drive-to-the-east.md)
- Page: 138
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Harry_Turtledove#Settling_Accounts:_Drive_to_the_East_(2005)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/settling-accounts-drive-to-the-east/dowling-had-long

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> You couldn’t find an answer if you didn’t know you should be asking the question.

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