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“Maybe, despite ideology, politics, and history, a genuine catastrophe is always personal bathos at the core. Life can’t be impugned for any failure to trivialize people. You have to take your hat off to life for the techniques at its disposal to strip a man of his significance and empty him totally of his pride.”

Book:I Married a Communist

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I Married a Communist

This memoir explores the complexities of political ideology and personal relationships, offering an intimate look at the author's journey through the lens of their spouse's Communist beliefs and the societal context of the time. more

Author

Philip Roth

Philip Roth (1933-2018) was one of America's most influential contemporary novelists, renowned for his profound explorations of Jewish-American identity, sexuality, politics, and the human condition. His breakthrough work, "Portnoy's Complaint" (1969), became a landmark in American literature. Roth received two National Book Awards and was a multiple-time Pulitzer Prize finalist. Over his six-decade career, he published more than 30 books that significantly shaped American fiction. He passed away in New York City on May 22, 2018, at age 85. more

“I wonder,” said Crusher slowly, “if the fate of human beings is predetermined by the stars, or do they forge their own destiny? Is there really such a thing as ‘luck’? And what exactly do we mean by the concept of ‘free will’?” Which were all interesting questions, but perhaps not entirely helpful right at that particular moment.”

Destiny Fate Luck Cressida Cowell Twice Magic

Author:Cressida Cowell

“The unchained workers of decay were waiting in a dormant state for the necessary conditions to be established, as soon enough they would be, when they might recommence their interrupted struggle, that predetermined, merciless assault in the course of which they would dismantle whatever had been alive once and once only, reducing it into tiny insignificant pieces under the eternally silent cover of death.”

Death Fate Decay Circle Of Life Decomposition

Book:The Melancholy of Resistance

Source: The Melancholy of Resistance

“She didn't realise that her family, her parents, her brothers and sisters, even her children, pretty much everyone in the village, had had the same problems, and what she called mistakes were, in fact, no more and no less than the perfect realisation of the normal course of things.”

Fate Working Class Hierarchy Social Norms

Book:The End of Eddy

Source: The End of Eddy

“There is ALWAYS going to be a way out, or in, or around... you need to train your brain to know and to believe that. Because when you do, you're not going to stop until you find that way. Some people think about fate. I'm not like that. I'm not like, "this is my fate." Instead, I say, "this life is my gift and I have my tools with me and there is ALWAYS going to be a way.”