“Can Fate be boring? Certainly; it sure was during life. Can it be needy, too? Yes; it’s nothing if not that—its raison d’être is to make sure what is meant to happen does.”
Source: In Limbo
“You only get one body; it is the temple of your soul. Even God is willing to dwell there. If you truly treat your body like a temple, it will serve you well for decades. If you abuse it you must be prepared for poor health and a lack of energy.”
Source: Creating the Perfect Lifestyle
“Fate doesn’t like walking all that much.”
Source: In Limbo
“Is Fate really fixed? Or can it change?”
Source: In Limbo
“Fate, if anything, should never ask ‘Huh?”
Source: In Limbo
“In the early evening, when the lights came on, you could see in all the windows the watchful eyes of frightened people looking out for signs of trouble. But whenever something bad did happen, no one ever saw it coming.”
Source: The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai
“Fate can rip you out of the driver’s seat when it comes to how you live your life.”
Source: The Art of Finding Truth: One Man's Journey Through Love, Life, Grief and Joy
“There are no such things as mistakes, not in this universe. Maybe he really was the second coming of Christ, yes, yes, maybe we all are. Whatever happens does for a reason, and that reason is the teleological order of all things, the rhythm of the universe.”
Source: In Limbo
“Wenn sie am Leben ist, dann ist sie an dem Ort, an den sie das Schicksal geführt hat. Doch es scheint, der Ort ist weder hier noch jetzt noch bei dir.”
Source: The Garden of Stones
“What am I going to do? Not read, anyway… I hate reading! Finally change that leaky shower head? Never! At least this way there’s somebody to cry over my fate.”
Source: L'obsolescence programmée de nos sentiments