No Country

"'Do you understand?  When I came into your life your life was over.  It had a beginning, a middle, and an end.  You can say that things could have turned out differently.  That they could have been some other way.  But what does that mean?  They are not some other way.  They are this way.  You're asking that I second say the world.  Do you see?'

'Yes,' she said, sobbing.  'I do.  I truly do.'

'Good,' he said.  'That's good.'  Then he shot her."

---No Country For Old Men


Once again, this is strangely comforting to me.