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“Who else could you have been but exactly who you are? I said. Did you, in the womb, construct yourself? All your life you believed yourself to be making choices, but what looked like choices were so severely delimited in advance by the mind, body, and disposition thrust upon you that the whole game amounted to a sort of lavish jailing.”

Self Choices Destiny Fate Predestination Predetermination

Book:Vigil

Source: Vigil

“Trust in God but tie your camels first. Des O'Leary, Under the Radar”

Fate Free Will Preparedness Predetermination

Author:Des O'Leary

“At the far left ... are all of the people who really think that everything is completely coincidental ... And on the other end are all of the people who are sure that there's a reason for everything ... The people standing at the two extremes are the happiest people in the world. At both ends. Do you know why? because they they don't ask why. Never. Not at all. There's no point, because either they believe there's no answer, or they believe that someone is responsible for the answer and that it's none of their business. But these people aren't even one-thousandth of the population. Most people stand in the range between them. No, they don't stand. They go, they move. They constantly move in one direction and then the other. They think they're on one of the sides, but occasionally, nonetheless, they ask themselves why and don't understand that they'll be happy only if they let go of this question, for whatever reason.”

Chance Fate Coincidence Predetermination

Book:The Coincidence Makers

Source: The Coincidence Makers

“I may not be free, but I’m not about to surrender the illusion of choice.”

Choices Freedom Destiny Fate Surrender Choice Free Will Free Predestination Predetermined Predetermination Predestiny

Book:The Human Script

Source: The Human Script

“What poor, mean trash this whole business of human virtue is! A mere matter, for the most part, of latitude and longitude, and geographical position, acting with natural temperament. The greater part is nothing but an accident.”

Geography Predetermination Human Virtue

Book:Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Source: Uncle Tom’s Cabin