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Space-ships and time machines are no escape from the human condition. Let Othello subject Desdemona to a lie-detector test; his jealousy will still blind him to the evidence. Let Oedipus triumph over gravity; he won't triumph over his fate.

Arthur Koestler

Arthur Koestler (1905–1983), Hungarian-born British author. "The Boredom of Fantasy," pt. 2, The Trail of the Dinosaur (first published 1953, repr. 1955).

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