I think that most people who say, “Everything happens for a reason,” can fuck off to a frigid cave,
Rob Delaney • A Heart That Works
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I think that most people who say, “Everything happens for a reason,” can fuck off to a frigid cave,
“Why does everything have to be good or bad? Maybe it’s just strange luck.”
Karen Russell • The Antidote: A Novel
“For,” said he, “all that is is for the best. If there is a volcano at Lisbon it cannot be elsewhere. It is impossible that things should be other than they are; for everything is right.”
Voltaire • Candide (AmazonClassics Edition)
The philosopher Didactylos has summed up an alternative hypothesis as “Things just happen. What the hell.”