Mastodawn

People are entirely too disbelieving of coincidence. They are far too ready to dismiss it and to build arcane structures of extremely rickety substance in order to avoid it. I, on the other hand, see coincidence everywhere as an inevitable consequence of the laws of probability, according to which having no unusual coincidence is far more unusual than any coincidence could possibly be.

Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) Russian-American author, polymath, biochemist
Essay (1975-05), “The Planet That Wasn’t,” Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Vol. 48, No. 5

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/asimov-isaac/9053/

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Essay (1975-05), "The Planet That Wasn't," Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Vol. 48, No. 5 - Asimov, Isaac | WIST Quotations

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Stefanie Neumann Jul 28

My contribution to #FromOneLine 383 - 'It took two tubes of glue'.

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#vss365 - #happenstance
#WordedArt - #warp
#BlueSkyRelay - #beaver
DailyHaikuPrompt (though not a haiku) - cool morning / huddle
#WritingCommunity #poetry

@megwaf
@writingcommunity @poetry

Stefanie Neumann Jul 28

'Glow' - #DailyPictureTheme

A low sun makes the maple glow.

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#vss365 - #happenstance
#WordedArt - #warp
#BlueSkyRelay - #beaver
#DailyHaikuPrompt - cool morning

#WritingCommunity #poetry #haiku

#KBFPhotography #MobilePhonePhotography #Photography

@dailyhaikuprompt
@vss365 @writingcommunity @poetry @haiku @photography

AmbientDread Jul 27

took a while to grasp
the smouldering #happenstance
of our reunion

#dailyhaikuprompt smouldering
#haikufeels #vss365 #haiku
#poetry #prompts

stgreenie Jul 27

Laying in the gutter
writhing in pain
from yet another
kick in the groin
from that asshole Fate

Sweet Epiphany kneels down
and whispers to defeated me
that my current
pathetic circumstance
ain't just a matter
of random #happenstance

A losing attitude
like I exhibit
attracts bad luck
like a frickin magnet

#vss365 #poetry #poem #amwriting

Code of Amor 💘Mar 27

Apparently my bathroom tiling job was so good they signed it...
#happenstance
#thread

WIST Quotations Mar 25

A quotation from Bierce

PLAN, v.t. To bother about the best method of accomplishing an accidental result.

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Plan,” The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/75808…

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🪷 प्रियंका | Priyanka 🪷Mar 23

#silentsunday #happenstance #love #nature #photography

WIST Quotations has moved!Oct 15, 2024

A quotation from Barrie, James:

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There are, I dare say, many lovers who would never have been drawn to each other had they met for the first time, as, say, they met the second time.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/barrie-james/72535/

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