“
Listen to
me: everything
you
think
you
know, every relationship you’ve ever taken
for granted, every plan or possibility you’ve ever
hatched, every conceit or endeavor you’ve ever concocted,
can be stripped from you in an
instant. Sooner
or later,
it will
happen. So
prepare yourself. Be ready not to be ready. Be ready to be
brought to your knees and beaten to dust. Because no stable
foundation, no act of will, no force of cautious habit will
save you from this
fact: nothing
is indestructible.
—JONATHAN EVISON