,m./But it is precisely at those moments when the glass seems to be ‘set fair’ that Fate invariably decides to take a hand.

I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next.Delicious Ambiguity.

Let’s watch out for the unpredictability and the wildcat jumps of contrarian people, whose sole interests are soaring targets at high-speed, at all costs and without any consideration. Perceptive understanding may help us discover the hidden actualities behind the ‘appearances’. .('Mama. Meine Bäume wachsen bis in den Himmel').

A number of our scientists boast intelligence but lack wisdom. I find those to be the predictable ones.

In fiction: we find the predictable boring. In real life: we find the unpredictable terrifying.

How is it possible to write one's autobiography in a world so fast-changing as this?

But it is precisely at those moments when the glass seems to be ‘set fair’ that Fate invariably decides to take a hand.

Modern society is large and complex, with institutions wielding great power over the lives of many. This is why Johnson and Fowler added a dire parting shot in their predictions. Since you are programmed to become increasingly overconfident the less you understand about any given scenario, you can expect to find the most destructive overconfidence in places that are exceedingly complicated and unpredictable.

Love is as irrational as hate and just as unpredictable.

Normality; show me normality, señor caballero, and I will show you an exception to the abnormal order of the universe; show me a normal event and I shall call it miraculous because it is normal.