And here he was, a little halfling from the Shire, a simple hobbit of the quiet countryside, expected to find a way where the great ones could not go, or dared not go. It was an evil fate.
J.R.R. TolkienTags: fate j-r-r-tolkien hobbits the-two-towers frodo-baggins the-lord-of-the-rings
It seems when Opportunity knocks, Fate shows up to open the door.
Anthony LiccioneTags: fate death destruction door result downfall calamitous opportunity-knocks unfavourable-outcome
It's as if my footprints were already on the road before I even got there.I walk into them, my waiting footprints.
Jackie KayTags: philosophy fate destiny
What is the likelihood, of winning the lottery, then lose it all the next day when you step out your front door and get struck by lightning? Probably, very slim, but then anything is possible.
Anthony LiccioneTags: fate winning chance fortune luck losing lottery possiblities lightning-strike
Neither of us asked to be born descendants, yet I’d be rewarded with his death, and we couldn’t prevent that. No one could. (Eric)
Shannon A. ThompsonTags: choice fate death paranormal-romance fiction destiny birth young-adult prevention preordained
I was falling in love with her, and she was falling in love with me. It was fated, decided before any of us were born, and I hated it as much as I loved it. I could barely stand it. (Eric)
Shannon A. ThompsonTags: love choice romance fate paranormal-romance destiny falling-in-love young-love hate-to-love
Fate was a reality, but it wasn’t a beautiful or angelic thing. It was a heart-wrenching nightmare. And we’d fallen blindly into it. We had no escape. It was happening, and it was up to me to guarantee our survival of it. (Eric)
Shannon A. ThompsonTags: reality choice fate paranormal-romance fiction survival destiny young-adult beautiful lovers nightmare heartbreaking young-love heart-wrenching trilogy angelic
To stand up for someone was to stitch your fate into the lining of theirs.
Tom Rob SmithThus the 'fortune-teller' is trying to foresee something that is really quite unforeseeable. This is characteristic of all forms of foreseeing. And precisely because what they 'see' is so vague, it is hard to repudiate fortune-tellers' claims.
Jostein GaarderTags: fate
Over the entrance to the temple at Delphi was a famous inscription: KNOW THYSELF! It reminded visitors that man must never believe himself to be more than mortal - and that no man can escape his destiny.
Jostein GaarderTags: fate mortality destiny delphi
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