The Lives of Others.

Human life occurs only once, and the reason we cannot determine which of our decisions are good and which bad is that in a given situation we can make only one decision; we are not granted a second, third, or fourth life in which to compare various decisions.

- Milan Kundera 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'

We are indeed granted a first, second, third, or fortieth life in which to compare various decisions.

The lives of others.

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