The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence. In some ways we are, in some ways we're not. We are ruled by the forces of chance and coincidence.

Profit without sustainability is short-term gain with long-term pain.

The dead have left us clues in their DNA.

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.