" He had always known that he would be lost without his job and his badge and his mission. In that moment he came to realize that he could be just as lost with it all. In fact, he could be lost because of it. The very thing he thought he needed the most was the thing that drew the shroud of futility around him. "

― Michael Connelly , City of Bones (Harry Bosch, #8; Harry Bosch Universe, #10)