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“Who are those depressed-looking young women who have just gone by?" asked the Baroness; "they have the air of people who have bowed to destiny and are not quite sure whether the salute will be returned.”

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Book:The Chronicles of Clovis

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“You think things are meant to be?" I ask her. For some reason, I think I'll feel better if things are meant to be. It gets me off the hook, doesn't it? If things are meant to be, it means I don't have to worry so much about consequences and mistakes. I can take my hands off the wheel. Believing in fate is like living on cruise control.”

Fate Existentialism

Book:Maybe in Another Life

Source: Maybe in Another Life

“When I was nine, in the city now called Kyoto, I changed my fate. I walked into the shrine through the red arch and struck the bell. I bowed twice. I clapped twice. I whispered to the foreign goddess and bowed again. And then I heard the shouts and the fire. What I asked for? Any life but this one.”

Fate

Book:The Teahouse Fire

Source: The Teahouse Fire

“Puisqu'après tant d'efforts ma résistance est vaine, Je me livre en aveugle au destin qui m'entraîne”

Fate

Book:Andromaque

Source: Andromaque

“Er…dreeing your weird means ‘facing your fate,’” said the toad.”

Fate

Book:The Wee Free Men

Source: The Wee Free Men

“As you go the way of life you will see a great chasm. Jump. It is not as wide as you think. - Native American Proverb”

Fate Perseverance

Book:Into the Abyss: An Extraordinary True Story

Source: Into the Abyss: An Extraordinary True Story

“Man would not have attributed to Fate its utterly controversial reputation were it to act upon man’s will – for it seems totally impervious to intervention and completely unwilling, at times, to succumb even to His divine will….”

Inspirational Fate Intervention Divine Will

Author:Irene Doura-Kavadia

“Wisdom` never works when Fate doesn't destine it.”

Wisdom Fate

Author:Ehsan Sehgal

“Ah, My poor boy! You can't fight fate - did I neglect to teach you that? People cannot choose where, when and into what conditions they are born. From the moment of birth, each person must live on life's terms. The world is cruel. But that's only natural. We begin life as a chemical reaction... The soul non-existent... The mind merely synaptic sparks... Human existence but a shadow of memory and information. We live alone, as we must - in a godless, merciless world... and yet... we LIVE! That is the SECRET of FREE WILLl! It may be inevitable that, so young, you buckled under the burden of the world's karma. You may aspire to good! You may aspire to evil! You may grope to find your path! But, unless you are ALIVE... ...well, my boy - unless you are alive, no talent will ever bear fruit!”

Fate Life Philosophy Human Experience Human Existence

Book:Gunnm

Source: Gunnm

“From the perspective of the dead, life was a dangerous thing: a world of bullets, with everyone dodging everyone else, and no one to blame but God or the cosmos, contingency or fate, whoever had fired the gun.”

Life Fate Danger Dead Ghosts Dead People

Book:The Ghost Variations: One Hundred Stories

Source: The Ghost Variations: One Hundred Stories

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