Jake Randolph: Origins Pt. 196

"Rivers is not going to be happy," I said solemnly.

"Well, I'm just all broke up about Rivers' emotional state."

"I just have a bad feeling, Sharkey."

"Look, Randolph," Russo said as we exited the room, "be philosophical about it. Either yer number's up or it isn't. If it's not your time to go you won't go. If it is you will. Once you look at it from that perspective it gives you a center, a grounding that makes whatever you're doing a lot easier to deal with."

That wisdom had a profound impact on me from that day forward...