“Isn’t there any way—” He broke off. Can’t the past be altered? he asked himself. Evidently not. Cause and… — Philip K. Dick
“Isn’t there any way—” He broke off. Can’t the past be altered? he asked himself. Evidently not. Cause and effect work in only one direction, and change is real. So what’s gone is gone, and I might as well get out of here.
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