“Chance, and Fate, are always there, ready to take a hand; and Chance is one thing in life no one can make provision for." - The fat man, Hermes Diaktoros, Pg. 80” Life LessonsChanceFate Book:The Messenger of Athens Source: The Messenger of Athens
“To know the place of his grave from early childhood has an effect on a man. To place flowers on the ground where he himself will one day lie makes him fatalistic, pessimistic. Ambition and ideas for life atrophy - after all, what is the point? Life’s point, on this island, was always clearly visible, up there on the hillside.” DeathFateInevitabilitySmall Town LifeFatalism Book:The Messenger of Athens Source: The Messenger of Athens