This isn't life in the fast lane, it's life in the oncoming traffic. - Terry Pratchett

'You're not going to die, are you sir?' he said.
'Of course I am. Everyone is. That's what being alive is all about.'

Humans need fantasy to be human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape.

Boot-faced cats aren't born but made, often because they've tried to outstare or occasionally rape a speeding car and have been repaired by a vet who just pulled all the bits together and stuck the stitches in where there was room.