Fate is unalterable only in the sense that given a cause, a certain result must follow, but no cause is inevitable in itself, and man can shape his world if he does not resign himself to ignorance.
Pearl S. BuckTags: education choice fate ignorance understanding self-determination destiny
All live to die, and rise to fall.
Christopher MarlowePandora's Box could not be unopened, no one could return to Eden.
Selena KittTags: fear disillusionment lost fate religion paradise doom destiny erotic greek-mythology regret regrets eden fates erotica predestination omen doomed cursed meant-to-be selena-kitt
Mankind accepts good fortune as his due, but when bad occurs, he thinks it was aimed at him, done to him, a hex, a curse, a punishment by his deity for some transgression, as though his god were a petty storekeeper, counting up the day's receipts.
Sheri S. TepperTags: life fate religion punishment chance curse superstition destiny fortune luck misfortune pettiness divine-intervention
Some things you cannot stop happening.
Christie WatsonTags: fate god-s-will
As if you could pick in love, as if it were not a lightning bolt that splits your bones and leaves you staked out in the middle of the courtyard.
Julio CortázarTags: love fate relationship
If it be now, ’tis not to come. If it be not to come, it will be now. If it be not now, yet it will come—the readiness is all.
William ShakespeareTags: fate expectations the-readiness-is-all
Don't ever say you are sorry for "being caught in the moment". Because, at that moment, that is EXACTLY where you wanted to be.
Cody WTags: life inspirational fate regret sorry
So you see, we are not free to choose our fate. There is a yoke to be borne and freedom is only an illusion. I am not free. God has put me here on earth for a reason.
Naomi RagenTags: fate god-s-will
What good were fate and fortune anyway? If there was some sort of plan she was supposed to follow, it was unreadable to her and impossible to stick to. She was tired of fate, which was probably just a made-up concept invented by humans to feel like something or someone was guiding them anyway. God, spirits, cookies, whatever. She was so sick of buying into the idea that there was actually meaning behind any of this. It was just her, blind and alone, making a mess of her life on her own, thank you very much.
Andrea LochenTags: fate fortune year repeat fortune-cookie
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