“Did it ever occur to you that there's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another?”

—  E. B. White

"Quo Vadimus?" http://books.google.com/books?id=vvEvAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Did+it+ever+occur+to+you+that+there's+no+limit+to+how+complicated+things+can+get+on+account+of+one+thing+always+leading+to+another%22&pg=PA34#v=onepage, The Adelphi (January 1930)

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American writer 1899–1985

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