Another irresistible sentence

Maggie says:
Happened again. Found my next book to buy via a sentence that I can't resist:

"I believe you have to reach a certain age before you understand how much life really is like a novel, with patterns and leitmotifs and turning points, and guns that must go off and people who must return before the ending."

It's from "The Last of Her Kind," by Sigrid Nunez. Stay tuned for a review...