Knowing was a temptation. What you don't know won't tempt you.
("The Handmaid's Tale")
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All it takes,ö said Crake, ôis the elimination of one generation. One generation of anything. Beetles, trees, microbes, scientists, speakers of French, whatever. Break the link in time between one generation and the next, and itÆs game over forever.
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It wasn't so easy though, ending the war. A war is a huge fire; the ashes from it drift far, and settle slowly.
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