I went down like a tray of dishes

$An evolutionary perspective of our place in the history of the earth reminds us that Homo sapiens sapiens has occupied the planet for the tiniest fraction of that planet's four and a half thousand mil — Richard E. Leakey$

Often, people hurt things on accident... No one plans on hurting anyone, but it happens. — Nichole Chase, Suddenly Royal

I can only see life as this most miserable accident that I have been forced to endure simply because I refuse to see it — Craig D. Lounsbrough

If I die on my way to the dance, it will be better than to survive having never lifted my feet. — Agnostic Zetetic

How did I discover saccharin? Well, it was partly by accident and partly by study. I had worked a long time on the compo — Constantin Fahlberg

I'm justthe reason they married.Mum saysI was a surprise.Dad saysI was an accident.Truth is ...I am their mistake. — Emma Cameron, Cinnamon Rain

Here is the secret to surviving one of these [airplane] crashes: Be male. In a 1970 Civil Aeromedical institute study of — Mary Roach, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Our only kiss was like an accident- a beautiful gasoline rainbow. — Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones

Accidents happen. That's what everyone says. But in a quantum universe there are no such things as accidents, only possi — J. Michael Straczynski, Before Watchmen: Nite Owl/Dr. Manhattan

This was his first trip on the Ossifar Distana, his first real splash in life. Look what it got him. Mister Smiff liked — Christina Engela, Dead Man's Hammer

I think if a story has a message it should be incidental and accidental, otherwise it leans too close to indoctrination. — Karen Lord

In improv there are no mistakes, only beautiful happy accidents. And many of the world’s greatest discoveries have been — Tina Fey, Bossypants

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