“I'd had a little feeling of destiny. Because, you see, what I mean about affinities is true from friendships down to even the accidental glance at someone on the street-there's always a definite reason somewhere. I think even the poets would agree with me.” RelationshipsFriendshipDestinyFatePoetsThe Price Of SaltPatricia HighsmithRed String Of Fate Book:The Price of Salt Source: The Price of Salt
“Over the years I have discovered that fairytales did not exist for the whole of humanity, that not every person discovers their soulmate, their forever, their red-fated string. I had never entertained the thought that I might belong in that category of people.” ForeverHumanFairytalesSoulmate QuotesRed String Of Fate Book:Strings of Fate Source: Strings of Fate
“The clock had been Sylvie's, and her mother's before that. It had gone to Ursula on Sylvie's death and Ursula had left it to Teddy, and so it had zigzagged its way down the family tree... ...The clock was a good one, made by Frodsham and worth quite a bit, but Teddy knew if he gave it to Viola she would sell it or misplace it or break it and it seemed important to him that it stayed in the family. An heirloom. ('Lovely word,' Bertie said.) He liked to think that the little golden key that wound it, a key that would almost certainly be lost by Viola, would continue to be turned by the hand of someone who was part of the family, part of his blood. The red thread.” FamilyGenerationsBloodHeirloomA God In RuinsKate AtkinsonRed String Of FateThe Red Thread Book:A God in Ruins Source: A God in Ruins