“Harry Dresden: The building was on fire, and it wasn't my fault.”

“Mullah Faizullah: It wasn't your fault, Mariam. Don't think this way. This will destroy you, my girl. It wasn't your fault.”

Khaled Hosseini book A Thousand Splendid Suns

“Harry Dresden: Murphy had found a spot on the street, which made me wonder if she didn't have some kind of magical talent after all. Only some kind of precognitive ESP could have gotten us a parking space on the street, in the shadow of a building, with both of us in sight of the apartment building's entrance.”

Jim Butcher The Dresden Files

“Harry Dresden: Keep in mind that this appears in the same book of the Bible that approves the death sentence for a child who curses his parents, owners of oxen who injure someone through the owner's negligence, anybody who works or kindles a fire on Sunday, and anyone who has sex with an animal.”

Jim Butcher The Dresden Files

“The fire that warms us can also consume us; it is not the fault of the fire.”

Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) Indian Hindu monk and phylosopher

“The Golden Gate wasn't our fault either, but we still put a bridge across it.”

Larry Wall (1954) American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl

“my father asked.“If you build a tower in Lawrenceville, I will smash it, set it on fire, and salt the ground it stood on.”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

“He said it was her fault.
She said it wasn't at all.
But the truth lies somewhere in the middle.”

Kate Bush (1958) British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer

“[after drunkenly getting his ear pierced]
I said, "It wasn't my fault, it was Captain Morgan!" And [my wife] goes, "Oh, kinda like Jose Cuervo made you ride the floor buffer?"”

Bill Engvall (1957) American comedian and actor

“Pay For Soup/Build A Fort/Set That On Fire”

Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988) American artist