Security is elusive. It’s impossible. We all die. We all get old. We all get sick. People leave us. People change us. Nothing is secure.

Ensler’s lines strip away the modern promise that life can be made “safe” through planning, possessions, or control. By listing inevitabilities—aging, illness, death, separation, and personal change—she argues that insecurity is not an exception but the baseline condition of being human. The quote can be read as both sobering and liberating: if nothing is finally secure, then the pursuit of absolute certainty becomes a trap, and the more workable task is learning to live with vulnerability. In Ensler’s broader thematic terrain, this acceptance often points toward resilience, connection, and meaning-making rather than denial or false guarantees.