#accidents

It was the ultimate cautionary tale, the moral being Don't fall, as if they were made of glass. In a sense they were--their fragility was irrefutable, medically proven--and yet Emily detested the inevitable rundown of accidents and tragedies, the more fortunate clucking their tongues and counting their blessings, all the while knowing it was just a matter of time. She didn't need to be reminded that she was a single misstep from disaster, especially here, without Henry, surrounded by the survivors of an earlier life. ↗

— Stewart O'Nan

#aging #vulnerability #age

Literature, art, like civilization itself, are only accidents. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#literature #art

I swear, the best things come to me by accident! Or should I say, effortless destiny? ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#destiny #effortless-destiny #inspirational-destiny #inspirational-living #inspirational-quotes

I have deposited some of my journals here for fear of accidents. ↗

— William John Wills

#deposited #fear #here #i #journals

The accidental causes of science are only accidents relatively to the intelligence of a man. ↗

— Chauncey Wright

#accidents #causes #intelligence #man #only

Since our complex societies are highly susceptible to interferences and accidents, they certainly offer ideal opportunities for a prompt disruption of normal activities. ↗

— Jurgen Habermas

#activities #certainly #complex #disruption #highly

In live action movies, you just hope that everything works. Because the actor may had a bad morning and doesn't play good, or accidents happen continuously. Many things contradict what you are trying to say. But in cartoons, nothing contradict what you want to say. ↗

— John Hench

#action #action movies #actor #bad #because

The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined. ↗

— Neal Barnard

#accidents #american #automobile #beef #century

And you know, it's not just illegal immigration. Terrorists can come across. They're devastating our ranchers down in southern Arizona - drop houses, kidnapping, automobile accidents, extortion, drugs, the spill-over with the drug cartels. We're facing all of it. ↗

— Jan Brewer

#across #arizona #automobile #come #devastating

The buffalo isn't as dangerous as everyone makes him out to be. Statistics prove that in the United States more Americans are killed in automobile accidents than are killed by buffalo. ↗

— Art Buchwald

#automobile #buffalo #dangerous #everyone #him