"Haven't you ever noticed, Mr. Glebsky, how much more interesting the
unknown is than the known? The unknown makes us think -- it makes our
blood run a little quicker and gives rise to various delightful trains
of thought. It beckons, it promises. It's like a fire flickering in the
depths of the night. But as soon as the unknown becomes known, it's just
as flat, gray and uninteresting as everything else."
-- Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky.
The Dead Mountaineer's Inn: One More Last Rite for the Detective Genre.
Josh Billings (Translator) (1970, 2015).