“Who am I? The shell-selling Lace girl, the attendant of Lady Arilou, Mother Govrie’s other daughter, the thing of dust, the victim, the revenger, the diplomat, the crowd-witch, the killer, the rescuer, the pirate? I am anything I wish to be. The world cannot choose for me. No, it is for me to choose what the world shall be.”
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“God knows you very well; He is not indifferent to your destiny”
“God, who created us, has a pre-determined destiny for everyone”
“Dare to make major changes to reach your newly discovered destiny”
“Where am I going? This is a question of purpose and destiny”
“We are people of destiny; every one of us has a purpose and definite tasks to accomplish on earth”
“You work hard and sweat it out only when doing something for which you were not born”