It was like when you make a move in chess and just as you take your finger off the piece, you see the mistake… — Kazuo Ishiguro
It was like when you make a move in chess and just as you take your finger off the piece, you see the mistake you've made, and there's this panic because you don't know yet the scale of disaster you've left yourself open to.
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