A couple of careless decisions somewhere along the line, that's all it takes to waste years - but then you can't creep along being so cautious that you don't have adventures. It's difficult to get the balance right. Viv Albertine (in To Throw Away Unopened)
What connection can there have been between many people in the innumerable histories of this world, who, from opposite sides of great gulfs, have, nevertheless, been very curiously brought together! Charles Dickens (in Bleak House )
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