Accident is a nonsense term — in a world without purposes the word 'accident' carries no meaning.
The Accident is always better when it happens to others — each one that happens to others is one you avoided.
Accident is a condition where presence of mind is good, but absence of body is better.
A Breakdown is a window into the essence of a thing. It is only when machines go wrong that they remind you how powerful they are.
A Breakdown is never a thing one can predict. Often a man endures for several years, submits and suffers the cruelest punishments, and then suddenly breaks out over some minute trifle, almost nothing at all.
A Detour is always bothersome — all roads lead to Rome, and all detours lead to profanity.
The Detour is tied to human nature -- That's what we all do: endlessly take the long way around.
13 concepts in this pillow book.