Who said "Perseverance is the refusal to accept the obvious."?

This quote is attributed to John Banville.

Perseverance is the refusal to accept the obvious. - John Banville

"Perseverance is the refusal to accept the obvious."

John Banville Perseverance

Novelist Irish Born 1945 (age 81)

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