336 Quotes About Accidents

Millions of deaths would not have happened if it weren’t for the consumption of alcohol. The same can be said about millions of births.

Not everyone who has killed themselves because they were HIV positive would have been killed by AIDS.

Andy was receptive, like a deep vessel into which life was poured. If this terrible particular thing hadn't been poured into her, she would have been happier--it goes without saying--but less of a person. She was filled out by her fate. I actually think that this is quite rare, the capacity to become the whole shape of the accidents that happen to you.

So easy to go sailing off this road. A wonder more folks didn't. All that space, waiting.

On that walk around the building, two sets of cops coming out stopped to tell our guys to hustle us inside so they could head back out on the road. Accidents everywhere. A pileup oneach of two major roads. “Welcome to winter,” one said. “When fifty percent of drivers should have their licenses temporarily suspended.

Some of us would take our time, if we knew that we are rushing to our deaths.

Speed does not always kill. And not only that, sometimes speed saves a life.

Being younger than someone has the tendency to leave you with the belief that you will outlive them.

Destiny is surely propelled by desires. Desires push and pull you to make big moves and landslide changes, but they don’t propel you to the people who will help shape those desires. The street directions of our life’s path are difficult to read. They aren’t intuitive... they’re the product of the minutiae of our daily lives: accidental meetings and chances that happen while you’re getting fed or finding shelter. And on the road, that means the influence of complete strangers.