Any change in routine was terrifying, even if it involved less violence rather than more.

Life is incredibly contingent and unexpected.

At the edge of chaos, unexpected outcomes occur. The risk to survival is severe.

the truth is that life is risky and dangerous,

The immediate future, regardless of Carter, was as dangerous as it had ever been. And the temptation many people seemed to feel to sacrifice their freedom to stern utopians who promised to order that future for them was growing stronger.

The tragedy of preparedness has scarcely been handled, save by the Greeks. Life is indeed dangerous, but not in the way morality would have us believe. It is indeed unmanageable, but the essence of it is not a battle. It is unmanageable because it is a romance, and its essence is romantic beauty.

My life is in danger.

...she always had the feeling that it was very, very dangerous to live even one day.

Waiting for somebody to come help you is dangerous.

...danger is what makes life precious.
Death is the constant danger of life.

The future seemed not just dangerous, not just bleak; it seemed incomprehensible.

Hope could be dangerous, desire could be catastrophic.

Fearful concatenation of circumstances.

Fright often occurs, caused by the unexpected.