QUOTE : That was the problem; you always had that choice. It was a choice most people didn’t take seriously. They understood that, theoretically speaking, other parts of the world existed and that they could, in and of a universe, move to that place and begin a new life, away from their present troubles. Everyone got that. But people thought about this the same way that they thought about a surprise inheritance from a wealthy, bachelor uncle they never knew they had. Could it happen? Of course! Would it happen to them? No, no, of course not. The idea was a fantasy, nothing to be taken seriously, let alone plan around.