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“God's foreknowledge has no influence on things' manner of existence... For, God's foreknowledge is not the cause of existence, but is rather based on their existence.”

Book:Reason, Illusion, and Passion: Philosophical Works

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“A limpet is a creature without eyes, limbs, without so much as a brain, and yet it creates for itself a spot on the rock that is its home. It leaves its mark on that spot, wearing away the rock until its shell forms a perfect seal. The home scar. Maybe time is like that. Maybe we always move exactly to where and when we belong, even without realizing it. It certainly feels like that for me. As though everything in my whole life has led me to where I am now.”

Home Time Fate The Lighthouse Witches Limpet

Author:C J Cooke

“I used to tell myself that I regretted the choices I’d made in my life. But every choice, including the wrong ones, made me who I was.”

Fate Regret Choice The Lighthouse Witches

Author:C J Cooke

“Waarom moesten we de kaarten die ons waren toebedeeld, klakkeloos accepteren?”

Destiny Fate

Book:The Foundling

Source: The Foundling

“We went to the cemetery that day, resolved to confirm once and for all the truth of the story that great-great-grandmother Nicolasa was buried alongside Gregorio the priest.”

Fate Heritage Prophecy Forefathers Family History Ancestors Secrets And Lies

Book:Dejarás la tierra

Source: Dejarás la tierra

“Life is inherently cruel and deep down we all have to suffer for our fate, suffer in our own, personal and private way. It is however up to us how we carry this burden.”

Suffering Fate Inspirational Quote Cruelty Personal Private Carry Burdens

Book:We Tragic Few

Source: We Tragic Few

“Most of the time, I believe the six of us will get through this. Truly. With our combined knowledge and skills, we'll conquer all and save our destiny. But then days like today happen, and instead of our fairy tale starting with 'Once upon a time,' it goes something like, 'Fuck this shit.”

Fate Destiny Quotes Fairy Tales

Book:Charmed

Source: Charmed

“But some of us have always seen the modern world as a sea meant to drown us.”

Power Fate Feminism Oppression

Book:After Sappho

Source: After Sappho

“[Perhaps] I am doomed to retrace my steps under the illusion that I am exploring, doomed to try and learn what I should simply recognize, learning a mere fraction of what I’ve forgotten.”

Fate Memory Pessimism Surrealism

Book:Nadja

Source: Nadja

“His first love - and perhaps his last - was getting married to someone else in his own courtyard. He cursed his fate. With a heavy heart, he picked up a pen and began to write.”

Love Fate Married Writers First Love Cursed

Book:Delhi via Lucknow: Once, love travelled this route

Source: Delhi via Lucknow: Once, love travelled this route

“Thou didst not know, who tottered, wandering on high That fate had made thee for the pleasure of the wind, With those great careless wings, Nor yet did I.”

Nature Fate Butterflies Naiveté

Author:Robert Frost

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