What if-is more complicated than that? What if maybe opposite is true as well? Because, if bad can sometimes come from good actions-? where does it ever say, anywhere, that only bad can come from bad actions? Maybe sometimes-the wrong way is the right way? You can take the wrong path and it still comes out where you want to be? Or, spin it another way, sometimes you can do everything wrong and it still turns out to be right?" "I'm not sure I see your point." "Well-I have to say I personally have never drawn such a sharp line between 'good' and 'bad' as you. For me: that line is often false. The two are never disconnected. One can't exist without the other. As long as I am acting out of love, I feel I am doing best I know how. But you-wrapped up in judgment, always regretting the past, cursing yourself, blaming yourself, asking 'what if,' 'what if.' 'Life is cruel.' 'I wish I had died instead of.' Well-think about this. What if all your actions and choices, good or bad, make no difference to God? What if the pattern is pre-set? No no-hang on-this is a question worth struggling with. What if our badness and mistakes are the very thing that set our fate and bring us round to good? What if, for some of us, we can't get there any other way?
( Donna Tartt )
[ The Goldfinch ]
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