You could say that everything had become weirdly distorted because I'd broken the rules so many times.

Don't you think people make their own choices in life?'

'They do, but in many cases their choices are limited--unless they break the rules.

The first rule on breaking a rule is to know everything about the rule.

It was all my fault. I'd let them in, I'd broken my rules, and I was back at square fucking one!"- Jocelyn Butler

Rules meant order. Without them they’d be killing each other. It began with butting in, with parking in disabled spaces, with smoking in elevators. And it ended in murder.

While you're sitting there wondering why you've kept all the rules and you still haven't achieved everything you've been promised, someone else has been breaking all the rules and seeing all the success that comes from doing so.