Land was what they wanted, as if the mere ownership of dirt could turn a peasant into a squire. - Orson Scott Card

Coincidence is just the word we use when we have not yet discovered the cause.

What you are is a man who means to be good, and undo the bad he's done, and that's as good as any man ever gets.

As he had so many times before, Taleswapper addressed a few silent words to God, which always came down to this question: Why do you put us to so much trouble, when it all comes to naught in the end?...And, as usual, God had nothing much to say to Taleswapper when his questioning was done.