Za milliard let do kontsa sveta - Strugatskie Arkadii i Boris

"They told me that this road would lead to an ocean of death, and I turned back halfway. Since then, everyone has been drawn to me by curves, deaf, roundabout paths..."
The path to cognition is the road to the unknown. Where you will wade to the touch under the watchful eye of the Universe. Never mind if you shouted "Eureka!" - it already knows that you have opened the veil of mystery and takes you under the sight. How do you do: continue the way or, resigned, turn on the path - deaf, narrow and ... Safe?