Best of Luck

by Jason Mott

“Beautiful things like these, they’re not for people like me—maybe they were once, but then . . .

You ever thought about just how much time and energy and years of their life most people spend just trying to stay alive?”

“We both are. One thing I’ve come to understand in life is that, sometimes, you just have to accept the way things are. Sometimes, no amount of hoping or praying will change a situation.”

“But let’s not confuse balance with justice. Those are two different animals. Justice is all about fairness, and I never said the universe was fair. No sir. Nothing about this universe is fair, and the only people who believe that are the people who haven’t lived long enough to have their stupidity corrected by life.”

Nobody wants it to be true, but it is. Most people won’t ever even admit it to themselves, but that doesn’t make it any less true. Just because nobody wants it to be true doesn’t mean it’s not real.”