“Everything happens for a reason, Sadie, even bad things.”

“Sometimes really, really bad things happen to people, and there is no explanation and no reason whatsoever.”

Sarah Dessen (1970) American writer

“I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it.”

Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist

“I assumed everything bad in the world could happen, because everything bad in the world already did happen.”

Gillian Flynn book Dark Places

“Things happen they way they're meant to. There's a pattern and a shape to everything… Nothing happens without a reason… Nothing is impossible…(Page 180).”

Rosamunde Pilcher (1924–2019) British novelist

“His conviction that everything happened for a reason, and would come to good, gave him laughing equanimity even in hard times.”

Laura Hillenbrand book Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

“Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON.”

Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosopher

“Nothing bad can happen to a writer. Everything is material.”

Philip Roth (1933–2018) American novelist

“But then of course everything always happens for a reason”

Eminem (1972) American rapper and actor

“He knew that soon, perhaps even today, something important was going to happen. Whether good or bad he did not know, but he darkly suspected. And with reason: there are few good things that may unexpectedly happen to a man, things, that is, of lasting importance. Disaster can strike from innumerable directions, in amazingly diverse ways.”

Fredric Brown (1906–1972) American novelist, short story author