“The likelihood seems farfetched.” “So have several of the situations in which we have found ourselves in the… — Matt Hughes
“The likelihood seems farfetched.”
“So have several of the situations in which we have found ourselves in the recent past,” I said.
“But you are resolved to avoid those kinds of situations in the future.”
I made a gesture ripe with fatalism. “I have come to understand that the universe accords my resolutions a good deal less consideration than I would prefer.”
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I thought about it a moment more then said, “Perversity, or just a very idiosyncratic sense of humor.”
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