Source: The Winner Stands Alone
“Everybody makes the same mistake. Fortune-telling doesn't reveal the future; it mirrors the present.”
"Paperjack" in Dreams Underfoot : The Newford Collection (2003), p. 396
Context: Everybody makes the same mistake. Fortune-telling doesn't reveal the future; it mirrors the present. It resonates against what your subconscious already knows and hauls it up out of the darkness so you can get a good look at it.
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