“He stared back at her, unconcerned. She had always marvelled at his calm assurance that everything good in his life would either remain the same or get better. He took good fortune for granted. As though it were impossible that it would abide only for a spell. She had never been able to shake the sense that life was war, a series of battles with the occasional spell of good things.”https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/13490756.Ay_ba_mi_Ade_ba_y_

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "“He stared back at her, unconcerned. She had always marvelled at his calm assurance that everything good in his life would either remain the same or get better. He took good fortune for granted. As though it were impossible that it would abide only for a spell. She had never been able to shake the sense that life was war, a series of battles with the occasional spell of good things.”https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/13490756.Ay_ba_mi_Ade_ba_y_" in the context of "" to mean that wisdom is timeless.