Maybe if I act well enough, I'll come to believe it myself.
There is always a choice, even if the alternatives don't appear to be equal.
Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker?
There were also very special or dangerous items that had to be fetched in person, or even by large parties of armed librarians.
Choosers will be beggars if the begging's not their choosing.
But we survived, didn’t we? That makes it an adventure. If you get killed it’s a tragedy.