Before the Fall

by Noah Hawley

You don’t become a man by accident,

Never fight tomorrow’s fight today,

Anything is possible. Everything is gettable. You just have to want it badly enough.

Grief. Death was not an intellectual conceit. It was an existential black hole, an animal riddle, both problem and solution, and the grief it inspired could not be fixed or bypassed like a faulty relay, but only endured.

The things money can’t buy, goes the famous quote, you don’t want anyway. Which is bullshit, because in truth there is nothing money can’t buy. Not really. Love, happiness, peace of mind. It’s all available for a price.