A Cure for Suicide

— I’ve always felt, said Emma, that people misunderstand consequence. Anything really can be the consequence of something else. That’s our human gift. So, when someone loses a paring knife, well, who is to say what will happen?

One must be careful at all careful points, and reckless at all reckless points. Those who are careful always get nowhere. Those who are reckless plummet.

was just talking about not liking fish. A person can do that, right? Talk about something, about not liking something. That’s okay, isn’t it?

It is always best to have a good reason for doing things, a reason that can be explained to others if you must. One should not live in fear of explaining oneself — but a rational person is capable of explaining, and even sometimes likes to do so.