Snapshot

by Brandon Sanderson

Some people were reliable even after finding out that nothing they did mattered in the slightest.

that skill, which seemed so natural to children. They didn’t have to work at having fun.

“Being a cop, a detective on real cases, is mostly about boredom. Sitting around doing nothing, pushing paper, talking to people. Waiting. It’s about waiting for something to go wrong. And when we get called, when we have something to do, it means that by definition we’re too late.