“Everything happens for a reason, but that doesn't mean there's a point.”
Sue Grafton (1940–2017) American writer
Source: C is for Corpse
“while the scientist sees everything that happens in one point of space,
the poet feels everything that happens in one point of time.”
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Susan Sontag (1933–2004) American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist
Source: At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches
Paulo Coelho book The Alchemist
Source: The Alchemist (1988), p. 184; this also has been quoted as "What happens once will never happen again. But what happens twice will surely happen a third time."
Sathya Sai Baba (1926–2011) Indian guru
Sathyam, Sivam, Sundaram - Part 3. by N. Kasturi. Page 305 US ed. Next to the last chapter.
Cesare Pavese (1908–1950) Italian poet, novelist, literary critic, and translator
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
“Nothing happens, and nothing happens, and then everything happens.”
Fay Weldon (1931) English author, essayist and playwright
Life Force (1992) Source: [Kakutani, Michiko, 1992-02-07, Books of The Times; Fallout From a Multitude of Liaisons, https://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/07/books/books-of-the-times-fallout-from-a-multitude-of-liaisons.html, New York Times, 2020-02-12]
David Hilbert (1862–1943) German prominent mathematician
Hilbert-Courant (1984) by Constance Reid, p. 174