There will be a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.

The line frames despair as a threshold rather than an endpoint. L’Amour’s phrasing captures a psychological pivot: the moment one is convinced that all options are exhausted can also be the moment when attachment to a failed plan drops away, making room for improvisation, resilience, and reinvention. It suggests that perceived finality is often a narrative we tell ourselves—one that can be rewritten once we accept loss, stop resisting reality, and begin again from what remains. The quote’s power lies in its paradox: “finished” is not the opposite of “beginning,” but a condition that can precipitate it.