This is the rule, and there is no way to free oneself of it: as soon as the thought has arisen, it must be followed to the very end.
“He arose laden with doubt as to how he should begin. He looked back at the bed where the grindstone lay. He looked out at the world, the most famous experimental prison of its time. Beyond the torture stakes he could see, nothing. Yet he could see.”
Anne Carson | “Short Talk on the King and His Courage”