“That’s a whole lot of ifs you got there.”
Charles Sheffield book Resurgence
“True. But which would you prefer, Louis Nenda?” Atvar H’sial rose from her crouched position. “A substantial set of contingent possibilities, or a single unpleasant certainty?”
Source: The Heritage Universe, Resurgence (2002), Chapter 32, “Escape Clause” (p. 385)
