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> [“The desire to know the future gnaws at our bones. That is where it started, and might have ended, years ago. I had cast the stones, seeing their faces flicker and fall: Death, Love, Murder, Treachery, Hope. We are a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-freeman/the-desire-to-know-the-future-gnaws-at-our-bones-that-is-where-it/)

[Pamela Freeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-freeman/)

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## More by Pamela Freeman

> [“The road is long and the end is death, he thought, remembering all the times his mother had said that. If we're lucky.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-freeman/the-road-is-long-and-the-end-is-death-he-thought-remembering-all-the/)

[Pamela Freeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-freeman/)

> [“The fact that she was still alive felt wrong, out of balance. She didn't feel special, or protected, or gods-bound. She thought the gods…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-freeman/the-fact-that-she-was-still-alive-felt-wrong-out-of-balance-she-didn/)

[Pamela Freeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-freeman/)

> [“The desire to know the future gnaws at our bones. That is where it started, and might have ended, years ago. I had cast…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-freeman/the-desire-to-know-the-future-gnaws-at-our-bones-that-is-where-it/)

[Pamela Freeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-freeman/)

> [“There were worse things than death. There would be a leap and a moment suspended, then a long hopeless curve to the rocks and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-freeman/there-were-worse-things-than-death-there-would-be-a-leap-and-a-moment/)

[Pamela Freeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-freeman/)

> [“It felt odd to have interrupted the life of someone she knew nothing about, to kill someone she had only just met, as though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-freeman/it-felt-odd-to-have-interrupted-the-life-of-someone-she-knew-nothing/)

[Pamela Freeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-freeman/)

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