Book Tag

I have this book that I hope to read soon. "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" by David Wroblewski.
page 161, 5th complete sentence, reads:

Just when normal life felt almost possible -- when the world held some kind of order, meaning, even loveliness (the prismatic spray of light through an icicle; the stillness of a sunrise), some small thing would go awry and the veil of optimism was torn away, the barren world revealed.