Quotes About Fate

I find myself wondering why—out of all the people in all the world I could ever have loved—I had to fall in love with someone who was taken away from me.

Because I knew even then how rare that kind of love is. Only the luckiest people get to experience it at all.

I understand that love and tragedy go hand in hand, for there can't be one without the other, but nonetheless I find myself wondering whether the trade-off is fair.

It's strange, I think, the way our lives turn out. Moments of circumstance, when later combined with conscious decisions and actions and a boatload of hope, can eventually forge a future that seems predestined.

That speaking the words, even if true, had little power to change the inevitable or even make him feel much better.

At times, it almost felt like I was destined to take the trip, like all the people I met had somehow been waiting for me

is love at first sight truly possible ?

And although this is the way all stories unfold, I still can't believe that ours didn't go on forever.

But now, alone in my house, I have come to realize that destiny can hurt a person as much as it can bless him, and I find myself wondering why--out of all the people in all the world I could have ever loved--I had to fall in love with someone who was taken away from me.

We were in love, but the timing wasn't right. And all the love in the world can't alter timing.

For some reason, it didn't feel right. Victor's words seemed to confirm that. There was another reason that he'd come here. Falling in love with Elizabeth might have been part of it. But that wasn't all. Something else was coming. There is more.

the power to remind us that there are times when destiny and love collide.

All he knew was that they fit somehow, and that he felt as if he spent most of his life traveling a path that led inexorably to her.

The most difficult journeys often take us where we were meant to go... B

The destiny that matters most in anyone's life is the one concerning love.

i didn't plan on falling in love with you, and i doubt you planned on falling in love with me. But once we met, it was clear that neither of us could control what was happening to us. we fell in love, despite our differences, and once we did, something rare and beautiful was created.

People liked to imagine they were free to choose their own lives, but she had learned that choice was sometimes illusory.

I think they've met before, she finally said. Who? Thibault and the loser?

Geen drenkeling zal ooit weten welke waterdruppel hem zijn laatste adem benam...

He pulled her close and kissed her beneath a blanket of stars, wondering how on earth he'd been so lucky to find her.

with the possibility that he might never

Why did fate always seem to conspire against us?" she asked, turning to look at him over her shoulder. "Do you think there's a greater plan at work, one we can't even fathom?

I saw Roland Barthes's 'Mourning Diary' at a bookshop, and I felt it was like I was destined to see the book. I read it all in one go while I was in the shop. The book was mind-blowing.

Whatever happens, happens. Accept things and move on.