I have been careless, and so have been thwarted by luck and chance, th…

J. K. Rowling
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I have been careless, and so have been thwarted by luck and chance, those wreckers of all but the best laid plans. ✨ J.K. Rowling (2015). Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, p.17, Pottermore
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