Quotes About Fate

The territory of humans is life. Death does not belong to us.

One loves truly only once in a lifetime, Julián, even if one isn't aware of it.

To him, nature was a merciless beast that fed on its young without caring about the fate of the beings it harboured.

I tend to believe that the place into which fate decides to drop us doesn't really say much about us. It certainly does not make us better or worse. At best, it just seems to provide a set of circumstances and a hand of cards with which to engage in the poker game of life. We forge our own identity, our worth or shame, as we go, as we play the cards and try to become a fairly decent version of ourselves. The train is the same for us all; we just get on at different stations.

Perhaps Bernarda was right after all, and in this lousy world, sometimes, some things did end the way they should.

Kolo sre?e po?elo se okretati, ali ovaj put on nije bacio kockice.

Destiny is usually around the corner. Like a thief, like a hooker, or a lottery vendor: its three most common personifications. But what destiny does not do is home visits. You have to go for it

Acho que nada acontece por acaso,sabes?Que,no fundo,as coisas têm o seu plano secreto,embora nós não o entendamos.Como o de teres encontrado aquele romance de Julián Carax no Cemitério dos Livros Esquecidos,ou o de tu e eu estarmos agora aqui,nesta casa que pertenceu aos Aldaya.Tudo faz parte de qualquer coisa que não conseguimos perceber,mas que nos possui.

Véletlen az, amikor egy-egy ponton felfeslik a sors szövete.

Sokan hajlamosak vagyunk úgy tekinteni az emberekre, mint a lottószelvényekre: azt hisszük, az a dolguk, hogy valóra váltsák az álmainkat.

She suspected that the old man hadn't shared that sorrow with anyone, but fate had chosen to send him a stranger resemble the person he had most loved, so that now, when it was too late, when he was no longer of any use to anyone, you could find some comfort by trying to save her and give her an affection that didn't belong to her.

Mein Freund', sagte er schließlich. 'Verlieren Sie die Hoffnung nicht. Wenn ich in dieser grauenhaften Welt etwas gelernt habe, dann, dass das Schicksal immer gleich um die Ecke wartet. Als wäre es ein Taschendieb, eine Hure oder ein Losverkäufer, seine drei abgegriffensten Verkörperungen. Und sollten Sie sich eines Tages entschließen, es zu suchen - denn Hausbesuche macht das Schicksal nicht -, dann werden Sie sehen, dass es Ihnen eine zweite Chance gibt.

Yo creo que nada sucede por casualidad, ¿sabes? Que, en el fondo, las cosas tienen su plan secreto, aunque nosotros no lo entendamos...todo forma parte de algo que no podemos entender, pero que nos posee.

Most of us mortals never get to know our real destiny; we're just trampled by it. By the time we raise our heads and see it moving off down the road, it's already too late, and we have to walk the rest of the way along the straight and narrow ditch that dreamers call maturity.

Dios se compadece primero de los hijos de puta. Hasta en eso la vida era una grandísima zorra.

Destiney is usually just around the corner. Like a thief, a hooker, or a lottery vendor: its three most common personifications. But what destiny does not do is home visits. You have to go for it.

You only love truly once in a lifetime, Julian, even if you aren't always aware of it.

THE SHADOW OF THE WIND JULIÁN CARAX

Die Hoffnungen sind den Menschen zu eigen, das Schicksal aber teilt der Teufel zu.

Poate c? atmosfera vr?jit? a locului m? subjugase, îns? am avut certitudinea c? acea carte st?tuse acolo s? m? aÈ™tepte de ani de zile, probabil dinainte ca eu s? m? fi n?scut.

PatrzÄ…c, jak beztrosko bawiÄ… siÄ™ w wodzie, Max ju? wiedziaÅ', przypuszczalnie jeszcze zanim oni oboje zaczÄ™li to sobie uÅ›wiadamia?, ?e nawiÄ…zuje siÄ™ miÄ™dzy nimi wi??, która niczym Å›lepe przeznaczenie zÅ'Ä…czy ich tego lata.

Amigo mío- dijo al fin- . No pierda la esperanza. Si algo he aprendido en este perro mundo es que el destino siempre está a la vuelta de la esquina... Y si algún día decide usted ir a por él (porque lo que el destino no hace son visitas a domicilio), ya verá como le concederá una segunda oportunidad.

A veces, cuando los dioses no miran y el destino se pierde por el camino, incluso la buena gente tiene un poco de suerte en la vida.

Look, Daniel. Destiny is usually just around the corner. Like a thief, a hooker, or a lottery vendor: its three most common personifications. But what destiny does not do is home visits. You have to go for it.