"It is always an accident that saves us. It is someone we have never seen."

-- James Salter

#Accidents Quotes

“I've never broken a bone in my body, even though I've done some extreme things.”
“I've always loved the old epics that tell a simple emotional story, whether it's the tumultuous relationship between Rhett and Scarlett or Lawrence of Arabia's passion to get lost in a faraway place.”

Source : "How we made the epic of Oz". www.theguardian.com. November 2, 2008.
“For now I'm building up stories for the retirement home!”
“The future is unwritten. there are best case scenarios. There are worst-case scenarios. both of them are great fun to write about if you' re a science fiction novelist, but neither of them ever happens in the real world. What happens in the real world is always a sideways-case scenario. World-changing marvels to us, are only wallpaper to our children.”

Source : "Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten". Documentary, Biography, Music, 2007.
“There is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction.”
“I once heard someone say that the concept of moderation seems a little extreme, and tonight...I agree.”
“Fresh from a costume fitting, where I had been posing in front of the mirror assuming what I thought was a strong position - arms folded, butch-looking...you know - I met with the woman in charge of Holloway police station. She gave me the most invaluable advice: never let them see you cry, and never cross your arms. When I asked why, she said 'because it is a defensive action and therefore weak.”
“Each quantum event, each of the trillions of times reality's particles interact with each other every instant, is like a note that rings and resonates throughout the great bell of creation. And the sound of the ringing propagates instantaneously , everywhere at once, interconnecting all things. This is a truth of our universe. It is a mystical truth, that reality at its deepest level is an undivided wholeness.”

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