Bruce Liddell and Marty Byrde in “Unfinished Business”

Marty, you can't blame yourself for what happened.

Marty Byrde

I know.

Do you?

Marty Byrde

Yeah.

I'm serious; there's nothing you could do about it. Like my dad always said, "Everything happens for a reason."

Marty Byrde

Your dad sounds like he was full of shit. With all due respect.

Yeah, well, perhaps.

Marty Byrde

You really believe that? You really think that there's some preordained chart, floating around up in the ether, with our fate all figured out?

I don't know about a preordained chart...

Marty Byrde

That's a bunch of crap. Things happen because human beings make decisions, they commit acts, and that makes things happen. And it creates a snowball effect with the, you know, their world around them, causes other people to make decisions. Cycle continues, snowball keeps rolling. And even when that's not the case, when life's events are not connected to other people's decisions and actions, it's not some bullshit fucking test sent down from the universe to check your resolve, you know.

Okay.

Marty Byrde

I mean, what would the reason be for some healthy five-year-old to get a brain tumor? Or why would a tsunami wipe out a village? You tell those families everything happens for a reason. No, sometimes people make decisions, shit happens, and we gotta act accordingly. Or you can... crawl in a hole and die, you know?

Well, it was a shitty thing for me to say and I'm sorry, bud.