If you knew what was going to happen, if you knew everything that was going to happen nextâ€”if you knew in advance the consequences of your own actionsâ€”you'd be doomed. You'd be ruined as God. You'd be a stone. You'd never eat or drink or laugh or get out of bed in the morning. You'd never love anyone, ever again. You'd never dare to.

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