“Thinking there had to be a better way was a brilliant stroke of serendipity!”

“Sometimes not getting what you want is a brilliant stroke of luck.”

“It's like I've had a stroke. Do you think I've had a stroke?" "I don't think you've had a stroke.""But how do you know? How can you be sure I haven't had a stroke?""What are the symptoms of a stroke?""I don't know. Look them up. Look them up on line.""OK. Hold on...OK. Here it is. Do you have trouble speaking?""I have trouble speaking intelligently.”

“ Serendipity awakens the dutiful wife to personal growth when atransformational opportunity comes her way.”

“Wandering is better than place sometimes, than home, than destination. Sometimes she can eke out the idea that wandering is possibility, chance, serendipity--he might be there, that place she didn't think to look, hadn't worked hard enough to find....”

“The sun's glow had given way to a brilliant twilight that colored the great mountains with violet and orange rivers.”