“It is possible that our race may be an accident, in a meaningless universe, living its brief life uncared for, on this dark, cooling star: but even so - and all the more - what marvelous creatures we are! What fairy story, what tale from the Arabian Nights of the jinns, is a hundredth part as wonderful as this true fairy story of simians! It is so much more heartening, too, than the tales we invent. A universe capable of giving birth to many such accidents is - blind or not - a good world to live in, a promising universe. . . . We once thought we lived on God's footstool, it may be a throne.” WorldLifeGivingMayStoriesNightUniverseStarsDarkRaceWonderfulBirthCreaturesCapableBlindAccidentsTalesFairyMeaninglessThronesMarvelousGiving BirthCoolingArabianFairy StoriesJinnArabian NightsBrief Life Author:Clarence Day
“History is an illogical record. It hinges on nothing. It is a story that changes, and has accidents, and recovers with scars.” StoriesHistoryRecordsAccidentsScarIllogicalHinges Book:Heart Mountain Source: Heart Mountain
“Performers always come back from the Edinburgh festival with adventure stories. Watts told a few: meeting a young kilt maker who spent a year in a madhouse after eating too much LSD, and accompanying Seattle actor and musician Michael McQuilken (of Collaborator Productions) to the hospital after a Frisbee accident. He reached up to catch it and cut his hand on a sign, .. He had to get a few stitches, but I think he can still play.” ThinkingYearsStillsPlayStoriesHandsYoungActorsToo MuchCuttingAdventureEatingMusicianMeetingsProductionsAccidentsHospitalsMakersPerformersFestivalsSeattleCollaboratorsLsdStitchesEdinburghMadhousesFrisbeeKilts Author:Reggie Watts
“So be it. God created profoundly fallible creatures on this earth, and human history is mostly the story of error and accident.” HumansStoriesEarthCreaturesErrorsAccidentsHuman HistoryFallibility Author:Michael A. Ledeen
“The plot of a movie is its motor. It is not an accident that people call pictures 'vehicles' for stars. A vehicle has to move. A plotless story is like an expensive car with a wonderful body design, luxurious seats, upholstery, headlights (production, direction, cast) - and no motor under its hood. That is why it gets nowhere.” PeopleStoriesBodyMovingStarsWonderfulCarDesignCastsProductionsAccidentsMovieSeatsExpensivePlotVehicleMotorHoodLuxuriousHeadlightsUpholsteryExpensive Cars Book:Letters of Ayn Rand Source: Letters of Ayn Rand