I'll take pith from my sci-fi.

[spacebug]

You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe.

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[birdfigment.livejournal.com]

I remember that. What is it from, though?