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there’s no guarantee that, of the millions of actions they could possibly take, they will choose the right ones to avert disaster.
“We have just entered the worst of all possible worlds.”
“Wailing that the sky is falling does nothing to stop it.”
And in this way, we shall make our scythedom great once more.
perfection does not linger in one place.
it is not what we want that matters—all that matters is what the world needs us to be.
“The end doesn’t always justify the means, dear,” she said. “But sometimes it does. Wisdom is knowing the difference.”
That which comes cannot be avoided.
She would have asked the man why he stayed if he so disliked it here, but she knew the answer. He stayed because his greatest joy in life was to complain.
