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“It is the kind of moment life gives us when it laughs. It is choosing without choice. A rich meagerness, that.”

Book:The Night Inspector

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The Night Inspector

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Frederick Busch

Frederick Busch was an American writer known for his novels and plays. His works often explore themes of family, love, and moral dilemmas, earning him acclaim from readers and critics alike. more

“What I was really thinking,' resumes Rachel, 'is—well, that there's fate, you see. I don't dismiss it, I don't think it's idiotic. It's quite scientific, actually. What we become. Who we—meet, end up with,' she continues, flames in her cheeks. 'You think we would have met, no matter what? Even if I were some lushy? Some loon? Street kid?' 'You're laughing at me.' 'Just asking,' he says. 'Everyone has one person, I think. For life. That's all.”

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Book:Be My Wolff

Source: Be My Wolff

“'What is the point of ducking?' says the old soldier to the young soldier. 'Each shot has a man's name on it anyway!' he laughs. 'Nothing you can do.'”

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Book:Be My Wolff

Source: Be My Wolff

“His mother, Zach explained, taught the Romantics and named her sons accordingly, extravagantly, tempting fate. She plays a terrible game of names. Thomas Love survives his beloved elder brother Percy Bysshe who died in a sailing accident. Percy Bysshe, buried at sea. The name and the man, a strange attractor. Everything is true.”

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Book:Be My Wolff

Source: Be My Wolff

“And as he recalls the old soldier's wisdom regarding bullets and fate, how pointless evasion is when each shot has a man's name on it, he lurches upright, to the waist, a roaring sound in his ears.”

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Book:Be My Wolff

Source: Be My Wolff

“It was a second. A blink. The flap of a bird's wing, the moment it takes to say hello, or goodbye. So quickly that it made me think of all the insignificant seconds that we throw away. And all the seconds that we don't too. The seconds that we hold on to, that we return to... I considered the fact that all it takes is a second for life to completely change.”

Loss Fate Memory

Book:The Library of Fates

Source: The Library of Fates

“My mom loved me no matter what I did. [...] When I really screwed up, she'd tell me that she loved me but that she didn't like me very much at that moment. [...] I know that God or Fate or whatever is out there loves me, but I don't think he likes me very much.”

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Book:The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley

Source: The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley

“Never close your hands in the face of evil fate; get up and rebel against it”

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Book:Book of Wisdom

Source: Book of Wisdom

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