“You do not know what things you set in motion, he said. No man can know. No prophet foresee. The consequences of an act are often quite different from what one would guess. You must be sure that the intention in your heart is large enough to contain all wrong turnings, all disappointments. Do you see? Not everything has such value.”

— Cormac McCarthy , book The Crossing

The Crossing (1994)

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American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter 1933

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