There are things in this universe that we cannot control, and then there are the things we can.... Let fate, coincidence, and accident conspire; human beings must act on reason. (David Guterson)

There are things in this universe that we cannot control, and then there are the things we can.... Let fate, coincidence, and accident conspire; human beings must act on reason.

David Guterson

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