Analysis

I recall that my first boyfriend told me, "You're very analytical." I naturally took this as the highest compliment, though retrospect advises that he was concerned about this state of affairs and may actually have meant it as a vague insult.

(...thus began a slippery slope, which led to the next chap informing me that "not everything has a reason for happening." *shudder of horror at the memory!*)

Must break all the things. Then we find out what they are. Then, the things do not break us.