Quote by Ian McEwan (On Chesil Beach)

Quote by Ian McEwan (On Chesil Beach)

They regarded themselves as too sophisticated to believe in destiny, but still, it remained a paradox to them that so momentous a meeting should be accidental, so dependent on a hundred minor events and choices. What a terrifying possibility, that it might never have happened at all.

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