She had not won a clean victory. Tinkering with time and history offended her political sensibilities. History was written in the stones. It was not … - Ian McDonald

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She had not won a clean victory. Tinkering with time and history offended her political sensibilities. History was written in the stones. It was not a numinous thing to be tossed sparkling in the air to lie where it fell. She did not like to think of her life and world as a mere mutability of potentials.