“An elusive creature, the fabled coincidence.”

“So the cold barracks were spared, lonely as they were, and the armories were unscathed, empty as they were, and the larders went unmolested, depleted as they were, and only the common people burned.”

“Your man won't be reasoned with, brother, but he isn't unreasonable.”

“Real love is always fated. It has been arranged before time. It is the most meticulously prepared of coincidences. And fate, of course, is simply a secular term for the will of God, and coincidence for His grace.”

“It’s no coincidence that female interest in the sport of baseball hasincreased greatly since the ballplay- ers swapped those wonderfulold-time baggy flannel uniforms for leotards.”

“So far no one has claimed responsibility.”

“You should never take more than you give”