Quotes About Fate

When one tries to rise above Nature one is liable to fall below it. The highest type of man may revert to the animal if he leaves the straight road of destiny.

Schade dass die Natur nur einen Mensch aus Dir schuf, Denn zum wuerdigen Mann war und zum Schelmen der Stoff.

God help us!" said Holmes after a long silence. "Why does fate play such tricks with poor, helpless worms? I never hear of such a case as this that I do not think of Baxter's words, and say, 'There, but for the grace of God, goes Sherlock Holmes.' 

and your presence may be of assistance to me. Now is the dramatic moment of fate, Watson, when you hear a step upon the stair which is walking into your life, and you know not whether for good or ill.

Let the high God judge between us. Choose and eat. There is death in one and life in the other. I shall take what you leave. Let us see if there is justice upon the earth, or if we are ruled by chance.

La casualidad ha puesto en nuestro camino un problema de lo más curioso y extravagante, y su solución es nuestra recompensa

Schade dass die Natur nur einen Mensch aus dir schuf, Denn zum wurdigen Mann war und zum Schelmen der Stoff.

Nunca verás los momentos por venir, que mutilarán para siempre tu vida al menos no hasta después que te hayan rasgado.

Tidak ada lagi harapan menyiratkan bahwa harapan pernah ada. Dan harapan hanya ada untuk orang-orang yang memiliki pilihan.

Eh, ca c'est bon. That was life. Some days you ate the rougarou. Some days the rougarou devoured you.

People don't lose their lives, Your Majesty. Their lives are taken from them, or else they lay them down themselves. And which will be your fate, Gabriel? I'll lay mine down, Lady.

Imora Thea Mi Savur

I think I fell in love with you before I even knew you, before I even saw you," he whispered, kissing her neck. "I feel like I've loved you my whole life, and I've just been waiting to find you.

He asked, Is there someone else in love with you? You're in luck, sir, there's been a cancellation.

The rage - at fate, at God. Not merely being helpless, but in someone's - something's - power. I've always detested any sense of power over me.

The truly terrible things are those one cannot alter, to which one is indefinitely committed.

Journeys end in lovers meeting

It isn't fair, it isn't right, Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her.

Tessie Hutchinson was in the center of a cleared space by now, and she held her hands out desperately as the villagers moved in on her. It isn't fair, she said. A stone hit her on the side of the head.

At that time, of course, Natalie reflected with contentment, her life would be done. There would be no further fears for Natalie, no possibility of walking wrong when you were no more than a skull in a strange man´s hands.

It was going to happen sooner or later, in any case, Eleanor said. But of course no matter when it happened it was going to be my fault.

Unfortunately Hill House was a sad house almost from the beginning; Hugh Crain's young wife died minutes before she first was to set eyes on the house, when the carriage bringing her here overturned in the driveway.

She also depicted the cruel jokes of fate and chance unfolding in an amoral universe. It's just that instead of doing it with men and guns, she chose to write about mad, lonely girls and big, sinister houses.

Like they say: suffer with your own. You get the picture? But complete strangers? Must I bear the brunt of their troubles? Have I deserved a fate like that? What wrong have I done?