14 March 2018: "That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me. But it is the same with any life. Imagine one selected day struck out of it, and think how different its course would have been. Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day." --Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
I spent part of today re-reading the open chapters of Great Expectations in preparation for my ENGL 311 class last week. The lines above always stand out to me, inviting the reader to contemplate how one small event can set a whole chain of events into motion.
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