The night is short; sometimes it can last for a hundred years

It's a phrase that has "stuck with me" since the first time I read it.

Speaks... at least to me; speaks of how incredibly implausible life is.

For some it was the bet they didn't take and still won, while for others... preferred not to continue among us.

Life "is what it is".

Something that I've been repeating to myself lately more than usual.