“Can I really read my future?"
"Easily. When you buy a train ticket, you are not only reading your future, you are forming it. Your ticket states the day of your departure. The number of your carriage. Your seat. That means that in the most plausible future you will appear at the train station, approach the carriage that is mentioned on your ticket..."
"Do you like making fun of me?"
Sasha herself was shocked at the helplessness in her voice. Kozhenikov stopped smiling.
"Forgive me. I didn't mean to offend you. This question is too serious to discuss without irony.”