In The Colorado Kid, a hard-boiled unsolved crime novel, Stephen King adds an afterword about mystery and the state of being human. An excerpt below:
"I don't want to belabor the point, but before I leave you, I ask you to consider the fact that we live in a web of mystery, and have simply gotten so used to the fact that we have crossed out the word and replaced it with one we like better, that one being reality.
Where do we come from? Where were we before we were here? Don't know. Where are we going? Don't know. A lot churches have what they assure us are the answers, bu tmost of us have a sneaking suspicion all that might be a con-job laid down to fill the collection plates. In the meantime, we're in a kind of compulsory dodgeball game as we free-fall from Wherever to Ain't Got A Clue. [...]
It's crazy to be able to live with that and stay sane, but it's also beautiful. [...] it's the beauty of the mystery that allows us to live sane as we pilot our fragile bodies through the demotion-derby world."