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“Whoever has been spared the worst is lucky.”

Book:The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles' Antigone

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The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles' Antigone

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Seamus Heaney

Seamus Heaney was an Irish poet born on April 13, 1939, and passed away on August 30, 2013. He is renowned for his profound humanistic concerns and exquisite poetic skills, being one of the most influential poets of the 20th century. more

“There are no meaningless moments or deeds in history,' [Tomasz] Burek wrote in an influential text ('On the Razor's Edge') published in 1968, 'history happens at every moment, [and] is determined in every gesture of every individual life. This sense that we live ... on the razor's edge, totally and ruthlessly, believing that everything about us is always the result of human choice and the drive to humanity within each person - this is not theology or historical determinism but a realistic approach.”

Chance History Fate Influence Conscience Humanism Personal Responsibility Historical Determinism

Book:Faces of Moderation: The Art of Balance in an Age of Extremes

Source: Faces of Moderation: The Art of Balance in an Age of Extremes

“Revolution breeds destiny - no revolution no destiny.”

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Book:Revolution Indomable

Source: Revolution Indomable

“Fate lies in faith.”

Faith Fate Inspiring Thoughts

Author:Lailah Gifty Akita

“It had been a phobia of his for years that someday he would fall into the hands of madmen---in particular, madmen who seemed sane up until the last moment.”

Fate Horror Fears Phobias

Book:Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick

Source: Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick

“Tempting fate, much? If I was Fate, lounging around in stately Fate Mansion drinking Fate Cola and eating a big bowl of Fate Crispies and I heard a dismissive Scots accent saying something like that, I’d be revving up the Fatemobile to teach said Mr Tartanjocks a lesson in humility.”

Funny Fate Humour

Book:Graveyard Shift in Ghost Town

Source: Graveyard Shift in Ghost Town

“...we are all traveling along parallel tracks, tracks that touch for only an instant through the crazed sparks that scatter from under the wheels of an eternally rushing train.”

Life Time History Fate Momentntum

Book:Belladonna

Source: Belladonna

“so it is we rediscover what the Greeks already knew: no better fate can befall a man than never to be born or, once born, to die right off”

Life Death Poetry Fate Birth Poem

Author:António Porto

“I wanted to believe that in the end, the universe would take care of us, and we would end up exactly where we were meant to be.”

Universe Fate Meant To Be Everything Happens For A Reason

Book:A Fire Sparkling

Source: A Fire Sparkling

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