He'd learned something. Life was booby-trapped and there was no easy passage through. You had to jump from colour to colour, from happiness to happiness. And all those possible explosions in between. It could be all over any time.

Rupert Thomson
About This Quote

In this quote, the speaker is describing a time in his life when he realized something important about life. He describes an explosion that also happens from happiness to happiness, from one color to another. In other words, it can all happen at any moment. Life is a series of unexpected explosions that he believes most everyone must experience at least once.

Source: The Five Gates Of Hell

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