--- title: "28 Happens Like Quotes by 22 authors" description: "Browse 28 Happens Like quotes by 22 authors. Discover the best Happens Like sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d0/anonymous-1_blink-of-an-eye_in-a-blink-of-an-eye-everything-can-chan_582461.jpg" --- > [In a blink of an eye everything can change, because life just happens like that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/in-a-blink-of-an-eye-everything-can-change-because-life-just-happens/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d0/anonymous-1_blink-of-an-eye_in-a-blink-of-an-eye-everything-can-chan_582461.jpg) > [Nothing really ever happens like you imagine it will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/nothing-really-ever-happens-like-you-imagine-it-will/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ae/john-green-12_beautiful_nothing-really-ever-happens-like-you-ima_1623402.jpg) > [Nothing ever happens like you imagine it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/nothing-ever-happens-like-you-imagine-it/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/083/anonymous-1_happens_nothing-ever-happens-like-you-imagine-it_2848462.jpg) > [Nothing ever happens like you imagine it will](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/nothing-ever-happens-like-you-imagine-it-will/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/532/anonymous-1_imagination_nothing-ever-happens-like-you-imagine-it_958970.jpg) > [Sometimes movie-making happens like clockwork; other times, like a car accident.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-roberts/sometimes-movie-making-happens-like-clockwork-other-times-like-a-car/) [Eric Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-roberts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f62/eric-roberts-22973_car_sometimes-movie-making-happens-like-cloc_1198968.jpg) > [“Work happens like in Harry Potter. Magic I mean.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aditi-mathur-kumar/work-happens-like-in-harry-potter-magic-i-mean/) [Aditi Mathur Kumar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aditi-mathur-kumar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a9/aditi-mathur-kumar-39705_magic_work-happens-like-in-harry-potter-magic_696309.jpg) > [“Life happens whether you like it or not..”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-curci/life-happens-whether-you-like-it-or-not/) [Hank Curci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-curci/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/016/hank-curci-67504_life_life-happens-whether-you-like-it-or-not_2250559.jpg) > [This is what happens when you like one direction and you fall in love with them](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-gentry/this-is-what-happens-when-you-like-one-direction-and-you-fall-in-love/) [Joyce Gentry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-gentry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f25/joyce-gentry-41036_fall-in-love_this-is-what-happens-when-you-like-one-d_778622.jpg) > [It seems like every time I start to feel good, something really awful happens. It's like... it's really terrible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-vedder/it-seems-like-every-time-i-start-to-feel-good-something-really-awful/) [Eddie Vedder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-vedder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/443/eddie-vedder-2057_awful_it-seems-like-every-time-i-start-to-feel_2180919.png) > [That's kind of something we - my team and I - text each other a lot. Anytime something great happens, we're like,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walker-hayes/that-s-kind-of-something-we-my-team-and-i-text-each-other-a-lot/) [Walker Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walker-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cc/walker-hayes-9641_great_that-s-kind-of-something-we-my-team-and_1496611.jpg) > [Nothing ever happens like you imagine it will... But then again, if you don't imagine, nothing ever happens at all](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/nothing-ever-happens-like-you-imagine-it-will-but-then-again-if-you/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8c/john-green-12_happens_nothing-ever-happens-like-you-imagine-it_828980.jpg) > [Baseball is a game where you are always waiting, and then when something happens it's like turning a kaleidoscope when you were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-busch/baseball-is-a-game-where-you-are-always-waiting-and-then-when/) [Frederick Busch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-busch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/frederick-busch-12684_always-waiting_baseball-is-a-game-where-you-are-always_772378.png) > [“But like it or not, change happens and, like most things in life, doesn't really happen /to us/ - it just happens.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-kessler/but-like-it-or-not-change-happens-and-like-most-things-in-life-doesn/) [David Kessler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-kessler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c6/david-kessler-86084_change_but-like-it-or-not-change-happens-and-li_2863585.jpg) > [I'm very lucky. The public happens to like me. Maybe they like me because I use every opportunity to talk about injustice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vivienne-westwood/i-m-very-lucky-the-public-happens-to-like-me-maybe-they-like-me/) [Vivienne Westwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vivienne-westwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/246/vivienne-westwood-1763_about_i-m-very-lucky-the-public-happens-to-lik_2300721.png) > [“It’s funny how some things are just words until one day, it happens to you, and it’s like an epiphany.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheryl-mcintyre/it-s-funny-how-some-things-are-just-words-until-one-day-it-happens-to/) [Cheryl McIntyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cheryl-mcintyre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fc/cheryl-mcintyre-10446_language_it-s-funny-how-some-things-are-just-word_1500348.jpg) > [For a decision-the freest of my actions just happens like hiccups inside me or like a bird singing outside me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/for-a-decision-the-freest-of-my-actions-just-happens-like-hiccups/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07a/alan-watts-587_action_for-a-decision-the-freest-of-my-actions_2450291.jpg) > [What happens then is like what happens when we separate a jigsaw puzzle into its fuve hundred pieces: The over-all picture disappears.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tournier/what-happens-then-is-like-what-happens-when-we-separate-a-jigsaw/) [Paul Tournier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tournier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32b/paul-tournier-14006_art_what-happens-then-is-like-what-happens-w_295617.png) > [“And it happens like that. Like when you first realize that there is no such thing as magic. Or that nothing actually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-silvey/and-it-happens-like-that-like-when-you-first-realize-that-there-is-no/) [Craig Silvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-silvey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/658/craig-silvey-16634_dismay_and-it-happens-like-that-like-when-you-f_870209.jpg) > [My journey has been up and down a little bit. Everything that has to do with success for me has sort of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mcdonald/my-journey-has-been-up-and-down-a-little-bit-everything-that-has-to/) [Jessica McDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mcdonald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/489/jessica-mcdonald-16891_everything_my-journey-has-been-up-and-down-a-little_1831131.jpg) > [I rarely think of poetry as something I make happen; it is more accurate to say that it happens to me. Like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/i-rarely-think-of-poetry-as-something-i-make-happen-it-is-more/) [Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc3/barbara-kingsolver-200_accurate_i-rarely-think-of-poetry-as-something-i_129840.jpg) > [Nothing ever happens like you imagine it will," she says. The sky is like a monochromatic contemporary painting, drawing me in with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/nothing-ever-happens-like-you-imagine-it-will-she-says-the-sky-is/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/580/john-green-12_add_nothing-ever-happens-like-you-imagine-it_2648761.jpg) > [Jill told me that when you're really in love, you know right away. I'm not exactly sure how this happens. Is it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-hoffman/jill-told-me-that-when-you-re-really-in-love-you-know-right-away-i-m/) [Alice Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf4/alice-hoffman-427_angel_jill-told-me-that-when-you-re-really-in_2062741.png) > [Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when nothing changes a speck, when you don't go anywhere or do anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/er-frank/time-is-tricky-you-have-whole-months-even-years-when-nothing-changes-2/) [ER Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/er-frank/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/361/er-frank-236163_life_time-is-tricky-you-have-whole-months-eve_3181107.jpg) > [Love,it never happens like u think it really should](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/love-it-never-happens-like-u-think-it-really-should/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f18/anonymous-1_love_love-it-never-happens-like-u-think-it-re_1122714.jpg) > [“Nothing ever happens like you imagine it will. - Margo Yeah, that's true... But then again, if you don't imagine, nothing ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/nothing-ever-happens-like-you-imagine-it-will-margo-yeah-that-s-true/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b0/john-green-12_quote_nothing-ever-happens-like-you-imagine-it_1703173.jpg) > [Madaming is the sort of thing that happens to you - like getting a battlefield commission or becoming the dean of women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-stanford/madaming-is-the-sort-of-thing-that-happens-to-you-like-getting-a/) [Sally Stanford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-stanford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94d/sally-stanford-40535_battlefields_madaming-is-the-sort-of-thing-that-happe_12111.jpg) > [Sometimes in life we reach a point where we no longer care , something happens be like ok ,oh cool.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nkazimulo/sometimes-in-life-we-reach-a-point-where-we-no-longer-care-something/) [Nkazimulo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nkazimulo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7c/nkazimulo-78078_accepting_sometimes-in-life-we-reach-a-point-where_393066.jpg) > [“a word, as often happens, can be like a musical worm in the mind and invite repetition. But”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mccall-smith/a-word-as-often-happens-can-be-like-a-musical-worm-in-the-mind-and/) [Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mccall-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01d/alexander-mccall-smith-372_language_a-word-as-often-happens-can-be-like-a-mu_1741009.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happens-like/#itemlist", "name": "Happens Like Quotes", "numberOfItems": 28, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In a blink of an eye everything can change, because life just happens like that.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/in-a-blink-of-an-eye-everything-can-change-because-life-just-happens/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d0/anonymous-1_blink-of-an-eye_in-a-blink-of-an-eye-everything-can-chan_582461.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d0/anonymous-1_blink-of-an-eye_in-a-blink-of-an-eye-everything-can-chan_582461.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d0/anonymous-1_blink-of-an-eye_in-a-blink-of-an-eye-everything-can-chan_582461.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In a blink of an eye everything can change, because life just happens like that.” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Nothing really ever happens like you imagine it will.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/nothing-really-ever-happens-like-you-imagine-it-will/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ae/john-green-12_beautiful_nothing-really-ever-happens-like-you-ima_1623402.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ae/john-green-12_beautiful_nothing-really-ever-happens-like-you-ima_1623402.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ae/john-green-12_beautiful_nothing-really-ever-happens-like-you-ima_1623402.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Nothing really ever happens like you imagine it will.” — John Green", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Nothing ever happens like you imagine it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/nothing-ever-happens-like-you-imagine-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/083/anonymous-1_happens_nothing-ever-happens-like-you-imagine-it_2848462.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/083/anonymous-1_happens_nothing-ever-happens-like-you-imagine-it_2848462.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/083/anonymous-1_happens_nothing-ever-happens-like-you-imagine-it_2848462.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Nothing ever happens like you imagine it.” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Nothing ever happens like you imagine it will", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/nothing-ever-happens-like-you-imagine-it-will/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/532/anonymous-1_imagination_nothing-ever-happens-like-you-imagine-it_958970.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/532/anonymous-1_imagination_nothing-ever-happens-like-you-imagine-it_958970.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/532/anonymous-1_imagination_nothing-ever-happens-like-you-imagine-it_958970.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Nothing ever happens like you imagine it will” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sometimes movie-making happens like clockwork; 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