duemilaquarantasei:

I mean, think of the odds. Once I tried to calculate them, but they’re astronomical. I mean, think of the odds of me going in, sitting down that night in that bar next to that man. […] I told him that I had a daughter, and he told me he had one, too. Then he said, “Never give up on family.” And I didn’t. I… I took his advice. The universe is random. It’s not inevitable. It’s simple chaos. It’s subatomic particles in endless, aimless collision. That’s what science teaches us, but what is this saying? What is it telling us, when on the very night that this man’s daughter dies, it’s me who’s having a drink with him? How can that be random? […] That was the moment. That night. I should never have left home. Never gone to your house. Maybe things would have… Oh, thought I was… I was at home watching TV. Some… Some nature program about elephants. Skyler and Holly were in another room. I could hear them on the baby monitor. She was singing a lullaby. If I had just lived right up to that moment and not one second more… that would’ve been perfect.

— Breaking Bad - 3x10 - Fly