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{{quote|The idea here is that you can travel back in time, but you can't actually change history. So if you go back and try to prevent the assassination of [[William McKinley|President McKinley]], it turns out that you killed him yourself. Or if you go back and try and prevent the Black Plague, it turns out that ''you'' are a [[Tomato in the Mirror|flea-ridden diseased rat]].|'''Lore Sjöberg''', "Alt Text"}}
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{{quote|''In fact that was even ''more'' puzzling, when Harry thought about it. Time had presented him with the finished Prank as a ''fait accompli'', and yet it was, quite clearly, his own handiwork. Concept and execution and writing style. Every last part, even the ones he still didn't understand.''|[[Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality]]}}
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Time Agent 1: Captain, why did you take the Defiant back in time? —Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, "Trials and Tribble-ations"
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Nagato: Since there's no conclusion to the paradox theory, there's no way to prove there's no paradox. —Suzumiya Haruhi: Bamboo Rhapsody
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The idea here is that you can travel back in time, but you can't actually change history. So if you go back and try to prevent the assassination of President McKinley, it turns out that you killed him yourself. Or if you go back and try and prevent the Black Plague, it turns out that you are a flea-ridden diseased rat.
—Lore Sjöberg, "Alt Text"
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—gallowsCalibrator/Terezi Pyrope, Homestuck
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Idris: House eats TARDISes. —Doctor Who, "The Doctor's Wife"
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I am the Bad Wolf. I create myself. I take the words...I scatter them. Across time and space. My message to lead myself here.
—Rose Tyler / The TARDIS, "The Parting of the Ways"
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The Archmage: Are you certain you know what to do? |
Pierce: "I don't believe you, causality is--" |
"Don't do anything that affects anything, unless it turns out you were supposed to do it, in which case, for the love of God, don't not do it!"
—Professor Farnsworth, Futurama, "Roswell That Ends Well"
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1971 Robo: You're going to learn the hell out of hyperdimensional mathematics when you get back. Focus on electrodynamics. —Atomic Robo and the Shadow from Beyond Time
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"No one can unmake the past. It's already happened, there's no 'undo'. Similarly, the future already happened. we just haven't reached it yet."
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