Fate isn't black or white, right or left. People aren't just plopped down and made to follow one route in life on the whims of the gods. If that were true, we'd have to say Hitler was only a victim of his own destiny, and therefore blameless … we have decisions to make, actions to take, good ones and bad ones that make up the texture of our lives. Everything we do or don't do matters … Everything counts at the end of the day. But the tapestry that started with the people who came before us isn't finished. … We've begun to choose the pattern, at least individually, that we hope to make. We've still to agree on, to decide the pattern we want to make together. I believe there's a reason we've come together like this, a reason we have a pattern to make. We have to see it through, try to find a way to complete it. I believe we're meant to try. However foolish that sounds.