Steven MoffatPeople assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but *actually* from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint - it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly... time-y wimey... stuff.
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This quote is a paraphrased version of a quote from the book "The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger. In it, the main character goes on a journey to find out if he will die from a disease. He discovers there are two styles of time travel: linear and non-linear. The linear type travels from one point in time to another - one cause to effect - while the non-linear type can take a person anywhere they want to go - anywhere at all.
The author goes on to explain that life has many points that can be viewed as causes or effects of different events, but that life is more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly... time-y wimey... stuff.
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