"We hear the words we have spoken, feel our own blow as we give it, or read in the bystander's eyes the success or failure of our conduct."

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What people fear most about tragedy is its randomness - a taxi cab jumps the curb and hits a pedestrian, a gun misfires and kills a bystander. Better to have some rational cause and effect between incident and injury. And if cause and effect aren't possible, better that there at least be some reward for all the suffering.

— Jeffrey Kluger