He who is certain he knows the ending of things when he is only beginning them is either extremely wise or extremely foolish; no matter which is true, he is certainly an unhappy man, for he has put a knife in the heart of wonder.
Tad Williams (2005). “The Dragonbone Chair: Book One of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn”, p.16, Penguin
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