Life & Wisdom Quote by Daniel Keys Moran

No comfort, no bargaining, no cosmic customer service desk: Moran’s line slams the door on the most seductive superstition of all, the idea that reality has an ethical architecture. “Not fair” is a childhood word, the first moral complaint you learn before you have the vocabulary for “structural inequality” or “random catastrophe.” Moran keeps it that blunt on purpose. The sentence hits like a parent’s hard truth, but it’s also a writer’s tool for stripping sentimentality out of a story world.

The second clause is the real knife: “and it is never going to be fair.” That isn’t just pessimism; it’s an inoculation against magical thinking. Plenty of people can accept that life isn’t fair today, while still clinging to the belief that it will even out: history will bend, karma will cash out, the good will be rewarded. Moran refuses the soothing arc. By making unfairness permanent, he forces agency back onto humans and institutions. If fairness ever arrives, it won’t be because the universe evolved a conscience; it will be because somebody built guardrails against chaos and cruelty.

As a science-fiction writer, Moran is operating in a genre that loves big metaphysical promises - destiny, chosen ones, moral physics. This line reads like a corrective to that narrative sugar. It’s also a challenge to readers: stop looking for justice in the stars. Look for it in systems, choices, and the messy work of making a world that doesn’t naturally care whether you deserve what happens to you.