In all human endeavors that deal with what is unthinkable, too terrible to be dealt with squarely, we turn to what is familiar and regimented: funerals, wakes, and even wars. Now, in this trial, we had gone beyond our empathy with the pain of the victims and our niggling realization that the defendant was a fragmented personality. He knew the rules, he even knew a great deal about the law, but he did not seem to be cognizant of what was about to happen to him. He seemed to consider himself irrefragable. And what was about to happen to him was vital for the good of society. I could not refute that. It had to be, but it seemed hollow that none of us understood that his ego, our egos and the rituals of the courtroom itself, the jokes and the nervous laughter were veiling the gut reactions that we should all be facing. We were all on “this railroad train running … . Ann Rule
About This Quote

This quote is about how the whole situation was not as it seemed. The whole thing was not as it seemed. All of us are ignorant to the true nature of the situation. We only see what we are used to.

We are all on a train that is running through life, but we are all unaware that the train is about to crash. There are many factors involved in this, but what ultimately matters is that this is all happening. What can we do now?

Source: The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy The Shocking Inside Story

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