Since Alice had never received any religious instruction, and since she had led a blameless life, she never thought of her awful luck as being anything but accidents in a very busy place. Good for her.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Tags: belief fate religion luck accidents
After being bombarded endlessly by road-safety propaganda it was almost a relief to find myself in an actual accident.
J.G. BallardPrawda jest córą czasu poczętą w przypadkowym i krótkotrwałym romansie ze zbiegiem okoliczności.
Andrzej SapkowskiTags: truth accidents samson szarlej
In life, more than in anything else, it isn’t easy to end up alive.
Roman PayneTags: humor life death humour funny dying truism accidents
No, it wasn't an accident, I didn't say that. It was carefully planned, down to the tiniest mechanical and emotional detail. But it was a mistake.
John PaxtonTags: mistake accidents nuclear-weapons
Literature, art, like civilization itself, are only accidents.
Joyce Carol OatesTags: literature accidents
Andy was receptive, like a deep vessel into which life was poured. If this terrible particular thing hadn't been poured into her, she would have been happier--it goes without saying--but less of a person. She was filled out by her fate. I actually think that this is quite rare, the capacity to become the whole shape of the accidents that happen to you.
Tessa HadleyTags: life fate personality accidents
On that walk around the building, two sets of cops coming out stopped to tell our guys to hustle us inside so they could head back out on the road. Accidents everywhere. A pileup on
each of two major roads. “Welcome to winter,” one said. “When fifty percent of drivers should have their licenses temporarily suspended.
Tags: winter accidents traffic
I don't believe in fate," she said at last. "But I do believe in... loopholes. I think a lot of what keeps the world going is the result of accidents — happy or otherwise — and taking advantage of these.
Robin McKinleyTags: fate making-a-difference timing accidents coincidence
The fire alarm went off. Fire engines came racing; we all rushed out on the gravel drive, everyone thinking it was us. In fact, one of the elderly residents of Saltram had left a pan on the oven in her flat. Apparently this happens all the time. The tenant in question is appearing as an extra -- playing one of the cooks.
Emma ThompsonTags: cooking movies fire accidents filming
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