Life and death can be so close, yet so unpredictable. Writers try to make stories that jump ahead, leaving readers unsure of what comes next. Even crowds and skin reactions can change without warning. People often feel that their own emotions swing like a sudden storm, making plans feel fragile.
![“Organisms [...] are directed and limited by their past. They must remain imperfect in their form and function, and to that extent unpredictable since they are not optimal machines. We cannot know their future with certainty, if only because a myriad of quirky functional shifts lie within the…” quote by Stephen Jay Gould](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/92a/stephen-jay-gould-885_adapted_organisms-are-directed-and-limited-by-th_660291.jpg)
