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it does no good to worry about the past or the future because it only prevents you from being useful in the present moment.
Clark was brave, and I’m not, Derrick remembered thinking and then he closed his eyes again.
“The thing about absolutes is that they have no motive. Whether something is absolute good or absolute evil, they are these things because that is their nature. They just are. If someone was acting with motives of vengeance, pleasure, or rage for example, they would just be a normal, flawed human being. One could look at their acts and find a reason for why they committed them. Absolute evil has no motive. You will only drive yourself mad trying to prove the contrary.”
“There’s nothing you can change about what happened to you. I’m sorry to say it, but it’s true. You have no power over the past or any mistakes you’ve made along the way. What’s even more troubling is that you can’t completely control what happens in the present, either. If the world decides to be nasty, it’ll be nasty. You’ve been through a lot—more than most, but less than some. Good and bad things happen every day, but here’s the truth: you can’t control what happens in the world,
