Travis McGee series, A Deadly Shade of Gold (1965)
Context: I think there is some kind of divine order in the universe. Every leaf on every tree in the world is unique. As far as we can see, there are other galaxies, all slowly spinning, numerous as the leaves in the forest. In an infinite number of planets, there has to be an infinite number with life forms on them. Maybe this planet is one of the discarded mistakes. Maybe it's one of the victories. We'll never know.
“So, I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them.”
Variant: So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them.
Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“Maybe this world is another planet's Hell.”
As quoted in Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Time (1979) by Laurence J. Peter, p. 239
“Maybe it was wrong, or maybe impossible, but I wanted the truth to be one thing. One solid thing.”
Source: The Secret Life of Prince Charming
Regarding coronavirus
African American History Month reception, White House, , quoted in * 2020-02-29
Inside Trump’s frantic attempts to minimize the coronavirus crisis
Yasmeen Abutaleb, Ashley Parker and Josh Dawsey
Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-trumps-frantic-attempts-to-minimize-the-coronavirus-crisis/2020/02/29/7ebc882a-5b25-11ea-9b35-def5a027d470_story.html
2020s, 2020, February
Source: The Kiss of Deception
