Serendipity. Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you've found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you were looking for.

I wanted a drink. There were a hundred reasons why a man will want a drink, but I wanted one now for the most elementary reason of all. I didn't want to feel what I was feeling, and a voice within was telling me that I needed a drink, that I couldn't bear it without it. But that voice is a liar. You can always bear the pain. It'll hurt, it'll burn like acid in an open wound, but you can stand it. And, as long as you can make yourself go on choosing the pain over the relief, you can keep going.

If fate sends you a lemon, use it to make lemonade.

One aspect of serendipity to bear in mind is that you have to be looking for something in order to find something else.

Back then, before it became clear that democracy was best served by a drunken electorate, the bars in New York City were required to close on Election Day.

Serendipity. Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you've found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you were looking for.

People don't get to change things. Things change people once in a while, but people don't change things.