Amanda

"Please God, I think that you made me in the shape which I now have for reasons best known to Yourselves and that it would be rude to change. If I am to have my choice, I will stay as I am. I will not alter any of the parts which you gave me... I will stay a defenseless embryo all my life, doing my best to make a few feeble implements out of the wood, iron, and the other materials which You have seen fit to put before me." "Well done," exclaimed the Creator in delighted tone. "Here, all you embryos, come here with your beaks and whatnots to look upon Our first Man. He is the only one who has guessed Our riddle... As for you, Man. You will look like an embryo till they bury you, but all the others will be embryos before your might. Eternally undeveloped, you will always remain potential in Our image, able to see some of Our sorrows and to feel some of Our joys. We are partly sorry for you, Man, but partly hopeful. Run along, then, and do your best." -T.H. White, The Once And Future King
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