"Belief,

like fear or love, is a force to be understood as we understand

the theory of relativity and principals of uncertainty;

Phenomena that determine the course of our lives.

Yesterday, my life was headed in one direction.

Today, it is headed in another.

Yesterday, I believe I would never have done what I did today.

These forces that often remake time and space,

that can shape and alter who we imagine ourselves to be,

begin long before we are born and continue after we perish.

Our lives and our choices, like quantum trajectories, are understood moment to moment. And each point of intersection, each encounter, suggests a new potential direction."

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- David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas