a quirk of fate

But by a quirk of fate this night he had come home early.

It started, like most major life changes, as a quirk of fate.

But by a quirk of fate we have found a new home - here.

I met him only briefly, through a quirk of fate, yet he made an impression on me.

Look at the storm as a quirk of fate.

In many cases, the survivors know it was a quirk of fate that they escaped with their lives.

A quirk of fate, however, brought the appointment to West Point.

By a quirk of fate, the denial probably saved his life as few men in first class survived the sinking.

By a quirk of fate, both men attended the same city high school before traveling divergent paths.

Having the General removed should have been a clean execution, but for once a quirk of fate had interfered.

By a quirk of fate, they also happen to be the initials of new owners.

But by a quirk of fate he missed the train and was thus unable to board the ship, instead being posted to another.

Nothing but a quirk of fate, that's all.

"A chance meeting, a quirk of fate, altered the direction of my life," he wrote.

A quirk of fate has cast two improbable politicians as the players to watch on homeland issues in coming months.

How they ended up this far away she couldn't say, but she wasn't about to question a quirk of fate.

What a quirk of fate it all was!' '

What had happened to her was not the result of a quirk of fate; she had played with fire and got burnt.

It is only a quirk of fate that left me alive to exercise them, while he and Delaunay perished.

By a quirk of fate, it was the only NL game played that day, all others being rained out.

In high school a quirk of fate had put him up on stage with a guitar in his hands-the last place he ever expected to be.

For nearly 40 years, every time he thinks he has escaped or defeated the bully, a quirk of fate makes Methuen the goat again.

By a quirk of fate her husband ascended the throne as a result of the abdication of his predecessor.

By a quirk of fate Gardiner lived close to the battlefield in Bankton House.