“How can you hope to win against goddamn time travelers? It's like playing blackjack when the dealer is God. … Come to think of it, all of life is a blackjack game with God as the dealer, isn't it? So this is no worse.”

—  Dean Koontz , book Lightning

Part II, Chapter 6.12; Laura's musings
Lightning (1988)

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