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"I believe not," he said and smiled, "but that's never stopped anyone from trying." He looked at me. "Has it?" (207)
In some ways, Sonny may agree with the narrator that there is no way around suffering. But he doesn't just passively accept this; he'll keep doing whatever he can to stave it off, even if he knows deep down that this might be futile.