Monster X: [Ford] Brody, how the hell are you not dead?
Gunner: That's what I wanna know. Son of a bitch is either allergic to death or he goes down on Lady Luck.
Gunner: That's what I wanna know. Son of a bitch is either allergic to death or he goes down on Lady Luck.
"The jinks saw luck, could borrow and bend it to their own desires. The Fortuna made luck, weaving it out of the walls of the world. And the Kairos were the worst of all, for us, because they were always where they needed to be when they most needed to be there.
Their luck was internal, and it drove them through the world primed to do the most harm or the most good. They lived in a haze of coincidence."
Their luck was internal, and it drove them through the world primed to do the most harm or the most good. They lived in a haze of coincidence."
— Mark, Calculated Risks
"Luck is my middle name," said Rincewind, indistinctly. "Mind you, my first name is Bad."
Twoflower: You always survived. We had amazing adventures and you always survived.
Rincewind: That was just coincidence.
Twoflower: You kept on surviving.
Rincewind: There were just a lot of coincidences.
Rincewind: That was just coincidence.
Twoflower: You kept on surviving.
Rincewind: There were just a lot of coincidences.
"Enterprise. What we got back didn't live long... fortunately."
