This is probably is my favorite quote, which can be used in almost any situation
“So it goes”
Title: Slaughterhouse Five
Author: (the great and late) Kurt Vonnegut
This quote, usually said in reference to death in the novel, is stated 94 times. I, however, like to use it ironically. For example, a friend complains about not getting a raise/new job/scholarship. I say “So it goes” as a reference to bad luck and the unfairness of the odds that we will probably never get everything that we want in life – which no one really wants death. Only after extreme stress, depression, and a few life changing traumatic events such as going to war, losing a limb, watching other people you know die.
How do you use this quote? Does it have any other meanings? Can this quote be positive?
Contemplating Reason 