"'I had no plan for any dealings here of any kind,' said Palinor, 'because I had no intention of coming here at all. My arrival was an accident.'
'You fell in.'
'And then I swam ashore."' Chapter 4, pg. 35
"'You are seeing accident in terms of human purposes,' said Beneditx. 'But we mean that there are no accidents in the mind of God. Before all ages and until the end of time he purposes all things. Nothing befalls outside his providence, and all that is, is as he wills it. What seems chance to us serves him. You fell into the sea and are delivered into our charge for a reason, friend. The most likely reason is that we should enlighten your darkness and convince you that there exists your God and your Redeemer.'
'I should have swum the.....
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