“I wasn't aiming at the school bus, but of course I got expelled anyway.”

— Rick Riordan , book The Lightning Thief

Variant: I wasn't aiming for the school bus, but of course I got expelled anyway. - Percy Jackson (Lightning Thief)
Source: The Lightning Thief

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