“Life is a s**t sandwich, the more bread you got the better it tastes”
Unclviny
Life is the deadliest of the sexually transmitted diseases.
OK, I’m just being flip; I came up with that a while back and I’ve been waiting for a chance to use it. But seriously, folks…
A couple of serviceable (if simplistic) metaphors have stuck with me over the years. The first one comes from the father of a friend of mine, who, my friend’s mom says, once suddenly sat bolt upright in bed in the middle of the night and declared, “Life is a sieve.” This struck me as weird, dream-induced nonsense when I first heard it, but it’s gotten more and more relevant over the years.
The other is by Charles Baudelaire. Actually it’s from a little book of quotes someone gave me, and the book says it’s by Baudelaire; I haven’t read the original. As quoted:
Not exactly cheerful, but both have proved long-lasting.