Quotes About Fate

Live you can evade; death you cannot.

A part of me knew... from the moment I saw her; her death would have been one wound too many that day.

There is no fate, only free will, and we were just in the way of other people's free will when they decided to do the Devil's work.

And so we went to the Panamint, where Death had gone to gamble and had, as always, won.

We are destined to be together forever. We have a card that says so. Gypsy Mummy is never wrong.

These days, all I ask Fate is that the people she hurls into my life, whether they are evil or good, or morally bipolar, should be amusing to one degree or another.

In a universe in which past, present, and future came into existence all at once, complete from beginning to end, with all possible outcomes of every life woven through the tapestry, there is no chance, only choice, no luck, but only consequences.

If coincidence can give, it can take.

He said that the penny would not bring us luck, that even if it had been a million dollars, it would not of itself bring us luck and change our lives, that what happened to us was of our election—and therefore allowed us more hope than luck could ever provide.

I have no choice but to believe that all our lives are woven through with grace, because only then could the promise made to me and Stormy come true.

In my bones, I know that I am not long for this world.

Each life is a spool of thread that unravels through the years, and it is by a thread that we are so perilously suspended.

have always been an optimist, because pessimists seldom have any fun and usually fret their way into one of the horrible fates they spend their lives worrying about.

Nevertheless, I gave Gypsy Mummy a quarter, and she presented to us the message that Johnny and his fiancée had hoped to receive: YOU ARE DESTINED TO BE TOGETHER FOREVER.

There is one who remembers the way to your door: Life you may evade, but Death you shall not.

To believe in luck, you must believe that the universe is a roulette wheel and that instead of paying out to us what we have earned, it pays out only what it wishes. But it is not a spinning wheel of chance, it is a work of art, complete and framed by eternity. He said that because we live in time, we think that the past is baked and served and eaten, that the present is coming out of the oven in continuous courses, and that the future is not yet even in the mixing bowl.

In this beautiful but hard world, fate spared no species.

have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.' 

I didn't tell her that death lies dormant in each of us and will bloom in time.

Einstein vigorously wagged his tail. Thoughtfully, Nora said, "Escaped . . ." Travis knew what she must be thinking. To Einstein, he said, "They'll be looking for you, won't they?" The dog whined and wagged his tail—which Travis interpreted as a "yes" with a special edge of anxiety.

tomorrow is a slave to yesterday.

In twenty-one years, I have not considered changing to Todd. The bizarre course of my life suggests that Odd is more suited to me, whether it was conferred by my parents with intention or fate.

At his passing, there was not even an eddy in the snow, neither the briefest glimpse of the occluded moon nor the faintest stirring through the trees. In this regard, her death, when sooner or later it came, would be like his: the world indifferent, turning smoothly onward toward the fascination of another dawn.

These days, all I ask of Fate is that the people she hurls into my life, whether they are evil or good, or morally bipolar, should be amusing to one degree or another. This is a big request to make of busy Fate, who has billions of lives to keep in constant turmoil.