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“'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.'”

Book:Be My Wolff

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“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

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“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.”

War Death Fate Pointless Soldiers Be My Wolff Emma Richler

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.”

God Fate Childhood Mothers Love

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”

Freedom Destiny Fate Rebellion Rebel Freedom Quotes Destiny Quotes Rebels

Book:Book of Wisdom

Source: Book of Wisdom

“If you pursue this road that you've embarked upon, you will eventually come to moral decisions that will take you completely by surprise”

Fate Morality Tragedy Moral Decisions

Author:Cormac McCarthy

“Never declare fate your enemy; she comes with great fury against those who give up all hope”

Destiny Fate

Book:Book of Wisdom

Source: Book of Wisdom

“It’s an evil fate to fall into the hands of a persecutor who was once persecuted.”

Fate Persecution Evil People

Book:Book of Wisdom

Source: Book of Wisdom

“Come on, Doctor... we got places to go.”

Destiny Fate Dreams

Book:Pet Sematary

Source: Pet Sematary

“Those who think fate is against them have already crucified themselves. They have already decided what fate should do with them”

Destiny Fate Positive Attitude Positive Quotes Positive Outlook Positive Thinking Quotes Positive Thought

Book:Book of Wisdom

Source: Book of Wisdom

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