“But there was one other thing that the grown-ups also knew, and it was this: that however small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance is there. The chance had to be there.”

— Roald Dahl, book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Source: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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