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> [The imporant things in life never happened by accident. But even with those things that were meant to be, sometimes you had to wait awhile and then maybe give them a little nudge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-evans/the-imporant-things-in-life-never-happened-by-accident-but-even-with/)

[Nicholas Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-evans/)

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> [“The important things in life always happened by accident. At fifteen she didn’t know much, in fact, with each passing year she was a lot less clear about most things. But this much she did know. You could worry yourself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-evans/the-important-things-in-life-always-happened-by-accident-at-fifteen/)

[Nicholas Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-evans/)

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## Other authors on Life Happened

## More by Nicholas Evans

> [“Of course she is. Hell hath no fury. You're not the only woman scorned. However much you and Ben tell her that it's not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-evans/of-course-she-is-hell-hath-no-fury-you-re-not-the-only-woman-scorned/)

[Nicholas Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-evans/)

> [Sometimes what seems like surrender isn't surrender at all. It's about what's going on in our hearts. About seeing clearly the way life is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-evans/sometimes-what-seems-like-surrender-isn-t-surrender-at-all-it-s-about/)

[Nicholas Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-evans/)

> [Knowing is the easy part; saying it out loud is the hard part.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-evans/knowing-is-the-easy-part-saying-it-out-loud-is-the-hard-part/)

[Nicholas Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-evans/)

> [The imporant things in life never happened by accident. But even with those things that were meant to be, sometimes you had to wait…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-evans/the-imporant-things-in-life-never-happened-by-accident-but-even-with/)

[Nicholas Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-evans/)

> [“Her only shame was that she felt none.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-evans/her-only-shame-was-that-she-felt-none/)

[Nicholas Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-evans/)

> [It's a lot like nuts and bolts - if the rider's nuts, the horse bolts!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-evans/it-s-a-lot-like-nuts-and-bolts-if-the-rider-s-nuts-the-horse-bolts/)

[Nicholas Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-evans/)

> [She had seemed to need something from him that he hadn’t been able to give...at last he realized that what she had needed from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-evans/she-had-seemed-to-need-something-from-him-that-he-hadn-t-been-able-to/)

[Nicholas Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-evans/)

> [I am not gone but merely walk within you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-evans/i-am-not-gone-but-merely-walk-within-you/)

[Nicholas Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-evans/)

> [He's not going to look back if you don't,' he said, 'They're the most forgiving creatures God ever made.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-evans/he-s-not-going-to-look-back-if-you-don-t-he-said-they-re-the-most/)

[Nicholas Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-evans/)

> [Look after each other. As a couple. When you have kids, you'll want to put them first. Don't. Marriage is like a plant. To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-evans/look-after-each-other-as-a-couple-when-you-have-kids-you-ll-want-to/)

[Nicholas Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-evans/)

> [“It was, she believed, a simple and unassailable fact of life that if a woman went to epic lengths to throw herself on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-evans/it-was-she-believed-a-simple-and-unassailable-fact-of-life-that-if-a/)

[Nicholas Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-evans/)

> [“And I said well luckily I was mature and old enough to take this success at my age. It was bullshit.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-evans/and-i-said-well-luckily-i-was-mature-and-old-enough-to-take-this/)

[Nicholas Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-evans/)

> [“There was death at its beginning as there would be death again at its end.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-evans/there-was-death-at-its-beginning-as-there-would-be-death-again-at-its/)

[Nicholas Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-evans/)

> [“The gist of it was that there were two types of men who absconded from their marriages: the naughty and the needy. The naughty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-evans/the-gist-of-it-was-that-there-were-two-types-of-men-who-absconded/)

[Nicholas Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-evans/)

> [“The power of human habit never failed to astonish her. How was it that two intelligent, decent people who basically loved each other could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-evans/the-power-of-human-habit-never-failed-to-astonish-her-how-was-it-that/)

[Nicholas Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-evans/)

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