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Too much sanity may be madness. And maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be!
Speaker: Miguel de CervantesPosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:14 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment!
Too much sanity may be madness. And maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be!
“Where am I?” said Billy Pilgrim.
“Trapped in another blob of amber, Mr. Pilgrim. We are where we have to be just now – three hundred million miles from Earth, bound for a time warp which will get us to Tralfamadore in hours rather than centuries.”
“How – how did I get here?”
“It would take another Earthling to explain it to you. Earthlings are the great explainers, explaining why this event is structured as it is, telling how other events may be achieved or avoided. I am a Tralfamadorian, seeing all time as you might see a stretch of the Rocky Mountains. All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend itself to warnings or explanations. It simply is. Take it moment by moment, and you will find that we are all, as I’ve said before, bugs in amber.”