“Apparently, the Fates were not so unsubtle as to deal him another blow just yet. He knew they didn’t operate that way. They always let you hope for a while longer, then strung it out before they really let you have it.”

—  David Brin , book The Postman

Source: The Postman (1985), Section 1, “The Cascades”, Chapter 8 (p. 68)

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