“And everything would be different, different.”
“I wonder if there was anything I would have done differently. I hope I would have done everything differently, except I know everything would have turned out the same. That's the meaning of fate.”
“Everything in Gatlin was rigged. Why would the carnival games be any different?”
“Maybe everything would have been different. Hindsight is a mocking bitch for sure.”
“So close, I thought. A shorter fence, a fatter dog, and everything would be different.”
“And everyone’s story would be different. Every triumph would have a different prize, every heart ache a different face.”