#pens

Chance doesn't mean meaningless randomness, but historical contingency. This happens rather than that, and that's the way that novelty, new things, come about. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

#chance #come #contingency #happens #historical

Experience is what really happens to you in the long run; the truth that finally overtakes you. ↗

— Katherine Anne Porter

#finally #happens #long #long run #overtakes

Sophie, honey, stop looking at me like that,” Garrett said gruffly. “You’ll have me convinced I’m going to die.” “You’re not? ↗

— Maya Banks

#humour #romance #romantic-suspense #funny

Opera happens because a large number of things amazingly fail to go wrong. ↗

— Terry Prachett

#because #fail #go #happens #large

'Discworld' is taking something that you know is ridiculous and treating it as if it is serious, to see if something interesting happens when you do so. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#interesting #know #ridiculous #see #serious

It's part of the job to compensate for outfit. ↗

— Victoria Pratt

#job #outfit #part

A fan will grab you and hug you and will not let go. When that happens, you wish it could be that way all over the world. ↗

— Charley Pride

#fan #go #grab #happens #hug

Money opens up wonderful worlds of possibilities. ↗

— Sam Raimi

#opens #possibilities #up #wonderful #worlds

In many walks of life, a conscience is a more expensive encumbrance than a wife or a carriage. ↗

— Thomas de Quincey

#conscience #expensive #life #many #more

A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue. ↗

— Quintilian

#costs #expense #laugh #much #too