I do not know. That is the only real truth, Shaarilla. I do not know. - Michael Moorcock

Thus woman trusts in man down all the years and so, as always, is betrayed.

All this is doubtless pre-ordained. Our destinies have been linked from the first."
"Such philosophies can lead to unhealthy fatalism," said Terndrik of Hasghan. "Best believe our fates are our own, even if the evidence denies it.

Such speculation leads us nowhere and everywhere, but it makes no difference to our understanding of our immediate problems.