The Old Testament is tortured, and genuine prophecies are made no better than coincidences, when coincidences are exalted to all the dignity of express predictions.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
He is for ever groping at the limits of this world, where the sun shines but rarely, and, on every hand, he suspects and touches strange coincidences and astonishing analogies, obscure, trembling, fugitive, and shy, that fade before they are understood.
"Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck"
Jethro Bithell
But coincidences of this kind are, after all, natural enough, considering that the circle of human feeling and action is limited, and that in all ages and countries like conditions must give rise to much the same sequence of events.
"George Eliot"
Mathilde Blind