We understand more than we know.

“he might die for her, but living for her would be quite different.”

“Now maybe I wouldn't do it, but I was a child then," said Oryx more softly. "Wh…”

“Should is a futile word. It's about what didn't happen. It belongs in a paralle…”

“So that’s what art is, for the artist,” said Crake. “An empty drainpipe. An amp…”