Quicksilver

by Dean Koontz

After all, the human pageant is both tragic and comic. Those who are unable to perceive the humor of it also do not grasp the true horror of it; therefore, they fail to understand life or where it’s taking them. Maybe that’s a blessing, but I don’t think so. They say that ignorance is bliss. I think ignorance is the mother of extreme behavior, ensuring either a colorless and tedious life or one of passionate commitment to foolishness of one kind or another.

We all arrive in this world with a ticket out of it, but somehow, in spite of all evidence to the contrary, we remain convinced that those we care about will be with us for a long ride.

First, it is a mistake to presume to know anyone’s internal emotional landscape based on what external emotional signals they seem to be sending. Second, you can apologize for something you have done, but only a fool apologizes for things that other people have done, for he has no authority to do that.