Pull quotes for a hypothetical second edition

[Dalillama]

Originally Posted by Rocket Man

Infernal Interventions
"Sometimes, at the height of our revelries, when our joy is at its zenith, when all is most right with the world, the most unthinkable disasters descend upon us."
-- A Christmas Story

On a similar note:

Till in the mid-illusion
Of Godhead 'neath our hand,
Falls multiple confusion
On all we did or planned -
The mighty works we planned
Kipling, Hymn of Breaking Strain