Accident Quotes II

ACCIDENT QUOTES II

quotations about accidents

After being bombarded endlessly by road-safety propaganda it was almost a relief to find myself in an actual accident.

J.G. BALLARD

Crash

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To what a fortuitous concurrence do we not owe every pleasure and convenience of our lives.

OLIVER GOLDSMITH

Vicar of Wakefield

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Tried so hard to find a voice inside me
But nothing's like the ones I heard inspire me
All the words I thought I'd find I haven't
I'm waiting for an accident to happen

ARCO

"Accident"

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Well maybe I could make it look like an accident
Wouldn't that be nice?
Maybe I could make it look like an accident
Nobody'd look in twice

RA RA RIOT

"An Accident"

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You said we were an accident
With accidents you never know what could have been
So we were an accident
You'll always be my favorite one

MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK

"My Favorite Accident"

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I could be your greatest accident
I could be the blood on your fingertips
Nothing's wrong
Nothing to regret
Just want to breathe you in

OUR LADY PEACE

"If This Is It"

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We are accidents waiting
Waiting to happen

RADIOHEAD

"There, There"

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Watching the painter painting
And all the time, the light is changing
And he keeps painting
That bit there, it was an accident
But he's so pleased

KATE BUSH

"An Architect's Dream"

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So if you fall in just that way, oh wouldn't I be thrilled to hear you say
I had a lovely accident today.
Your eyes may glow, I'm sure I'll know.

FRANK SINATRA

"Accidents Will Happen"

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Accidents ambush the unsuspecting, often violently, just like love.

ANDREW DAVIDSON

The Gargoyle

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No furtive light came from their involute
Abode, but there they were, aloof and mute,
Playing a game of worlds, promoting pawns
To ivory unicorns and ebon fauns;
Kindling a long life here, extinguishing
A short one there; killing a Balkan king;
Causing a chunk of ice formed on a high-
Flying airplane to plummet from the sky
And strike a farmer dead; hiding my keys,
Glasses or pipe.
Coordinating these
Events and objects with remote events
And vanished objects. Making ornaments
Of accidents and possibilities.

VLADIMIR NABOKOV

Pale Fire

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Drink one for our friend Bobby
Ran his car right off the road
On accident? On purpose?
Darlin', even now we don't know

DONOVAN WOODS

"Our Friend Bobby"

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There are no such things as accidents. Only fate redesigned.

SOROOSH SHAHRIVAR

The Rise of Shams

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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.

STEWART O'NAN

Emily, Alone

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We do not suffer by accident.

JANE AUSTEN

Pride and Prejudice

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Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances,
Of moving accidents by flood and field.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Othello

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We turn the most indifferent circumstances into misfortune, and suffer as much from trifling accidents as real evils.