كنتُ قد تأملتُ كيف أن الأشياء التي لا تحدث، كثيراً ما تكون حقائق لنا بتأثيراتها، لا تقلّ عن تلك التي تتحقق.

“I had considered how the things that never happen, are often as much realities to us, in their effects, as those that are accomplished.”Charles Dickens — David Copperfield (2006)