652 quotes found
“Unto those who have,it shall,uncannily, be given.Unto those who have not,it shall,uncannily,be taken away.”
“For she could not really know how profound had become my mistrust of a world in which wars could still come into evil flower, and in which individuals could play with and brutally alter the myriad ...”
“Fate does not bend for us-we must bend to it.”
“As a Muslim, I believe in the concept of fate, that there are certain things out of my control. Thus, what chance do I have to stand against kismet?”
“Maybe not getting what she wanted gave her everything she wanted after all.”
“What befalls me couldnt have missed me, and what misses me could not have befallen me.”
“No one should know his entire fate. It's too dangerous and too depressing. Just keep going, do your best, and hope it's good enough. That's all any of us can do.”
“Because your soul, on this soulless planet, sticks out like one star in a starless sky. And its beautiful.”
“God didn't bring us together. Our jobs brought us together. That's not divine intervention, that's just life.”
“Indra believed that the birth of each of her sons had been accompanied by a sign... With Sarva, overnight her cascading black hair showed a thick clutch of grey. He was the child she would struggle...”
“Whatever is coming for me has already happened.”
“She asked Billy Pilgrim what he was supposed to be, Billy said he didn't know.”
“Anyone who thought death warmed over didn't look good, had never seen this guy.”
“It started long before this, when stars were mere particles in swirling clouds of dust. And every event since has conspired to bring us together.”
“But why, everybody asks, am I not blessed by fortune (or at least not as blessed as I would like to be)? Why have I not been favored like others who are less deserving? No one believes their misfor...”
“You are familiar with World War 2?""Of course I am. I'm dead, not stupid.”
“Would it be possible to speak to this Universe person?""I'm sure that they will understand that there is a personality conflict." It was time to bump my complaint to upper management."No one speaks...”
“Fate smiles to the bold”
“I'm dead?""That body is... yes.”
“I stepped out and the sun was shining. And the birds were chirping. It was the nicest day we'd had in ages. A couple of bunnies scampering about. It could have been the start of a Disney flick.”
