“But it could be worse, huh?” “That’s right,” I said, “or even worse, it could be perfect.”
“Hell of a world we live in, huh? . . . But it could be worse, huh?”
“That’s right,” I said, “or even worse, it could be perfect.” He watched me as I headed down the street with my little bundle of condensed catastrophe.
Reference
Gibson, William (1982, Jul.). “Burning Chrome.” Kindle Edition. The Gernsback Continuum (1981), p. 49 of 221.