“We will snatch purpose from the jaws of futility.”
“We're all snatching precious moments from the peaceful jaws of time.”
“That kind of love was a thing to be snatched up and crushed in the jaws of real life. ”
“What the hell? Futility has its purposes in life." -- Talon.”
“The Odyssey is the story of motion both purposeful and purposeless, successful and futile. What else is the history of law?”
“Droll thing life is -- that mysterious arrangement of merciless logic for a futile purpose. The most you can hope from it is some knowledge of yourself -- that comes too late -- a crop of inextinguishable regrets.”