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Cause and effect Quote by Meg Rosoff

“It's just a playing field crammed full of cause and effect, billions of dominoes, each knocking over billions more, setting off trillions of actions every second.” quote by Meg Rosoff — Download Open image

““It's just a playing field crammed full of cause and effect, billions of dominoes, each knocking over billions more, setting off trillions of actions every second.””

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