“What good are insights? They only make things worse.”
Raymond Carver (1938–1988) American short story author and poet
“It can’t make things any worse.”
— Neil Gaiman, book Fragile Things
“If there’s one thing that a study of history has taught us, it is that things can always get worse,” said my friend.
From A Study in Emerald
Fragile Things (2006)
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