“Nothing is certain—that is the first lesson.”
Paolo Bacigalupi book The Windup Girl
Source: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 67
“Nothing is what it seems, boy. Expect nothing and fear nothing, here or anywhere. There’s your first lesson.”
Source: The Dark Is Rising (1965-1977), The Dark Is Rising (1973), Chapter 3 “The Sign-Seeker” (p. 36)
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