“Life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to undo your belt and *look* for trouble.”
“Your grand daughter may not be looking for trouble, but trouble is looking for her.”
“We trouble our life by thoughts about death, and our death by thoughts about life.”
“Nothing essential happens through death, only through birth and that is the whole trouble - But shouldn't we be speaking of something more important than life and death?”
“I used to trouble about what life was for. Now being alive seems sufficent reason.”
“Life kept you busy fighting off troubles, and you looked up, and the best parts of your life were gone.”