A life can get knocked into a new orbit by a car crash, a lottery win or just a bleary-eyed consultant giving bad news in a calm voice.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There are too many accidents that can befall life on a single planet.
A small, seemingly inconsequential event can determine a life.
The fullness of life is in the hazards of life.
Life is a gamble, at terrible odds - if it was a bet you wouldn't take it.
Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets, and one day, for each of us, the sun will go down for the last, last time.
Life on Earth is at the ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by a disaster, such as sudden global nuclear war, a genetically engineered virus or other dangers we have not yet thought of.
A life which does not go into action is a failure.
Our world faces a true planetary emergency. I know the phrase sounds shrill, and I know it's a challenge to the moral imagination.
I believe life is fated - what's going to happen will happen.
It's not life or death it's a game and at the end of the game there is going to be a winner and a loser.