“Fate had somehow conspired against me, giving me a life of its choosing rather than my own. No one would really miss… — Bobby Underwood Copy Share Image
Such was the unhappy condition of the Roman emperors, that, whatever might be their conduct, their fate was commonly the same. A… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“Anyway, it seems to me that the way most people go on living (I suppose there are a few exceptions), they think… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I was always of the mindset that whatever will be, will be. We can only just try to control our own lives,… — David Bowick Copy Share Image
My dream was to play in good films, no matter in what country. I always waited for a decent script, and nothing… — Yuliya Snigir Copy Share Image
Ah, Catylast, can it be that you do not see all the changes you have made? Some by your resignation and acceptance… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“How can your fate be decided before you've even begun to live? Bethany asked Rowan as she gazed into his eyes, her… — Jill Thrussell Copy Share Image
“The way two people can and everything place, find each other in a crowd, and change your life the lives of the… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
War is such a peculiar thing - inaugurated by the whims of few, affecting the fate of many. It is difficult, if… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
Sometimes fate is like a small sand-storm that keeps changing directions. You change direction, but the sand-storm chases you. You turn again,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The charming king of Arilland had fallen in love at first sight. There was no question he would soon take this beautiful… — Alethea Kontis Copy Share Image
At least he had Annabeth. They would find a way out of Tartarus. They had to. He didn't think much of fates… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“This was the moment where she would decide her fate. She could choose to become the powerful Arella she saw or she… — Sarah Elizabeth Petersen Copy Share Image
They say our lives are scripted in advance. We just play our part and fate intervenes in mysterious ways to ensure that… — Arunima Sinha Copy Share Image
“Life takes twists and turns that lead us on an unplanned journey. With our own wishes tucked away in our pockets we… — Karen Kelly Boyce Copy Share Image
“I see you. The real you. The you who fillips a coin, hoping to understand how fate works: this choice or that… — Lisa Schroeder Copy Share Image
“A fate without happiness is sadder than a love without destiny,” said the monk. What had prompted the Buddhist monk to say… — Jeanette Ringel Copy Share Image
Then take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind, Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves,… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things, The fate of empires and the fall of kings; While quacks of State must… — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
“Our lives are arbitrary and weird, but if I pull this off—if me and all my friends from the Intrepid pull this… — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
“Sacredness and profanity and prayers and wishes: they're all held together by the broken limbs of this dead tree, raking the night… — Elora Bishop Copy Share Image
In the face of all that is so wrong with the world, the very worst thing you can do is survive. And… — Gregory David Roberts Copy Share Image
“I think certain people resonate in our lives, and no matter how much time or how many worlds stand between us, we… — Joe Ducie Copy Share Image
“He watched the fire and if he saw portents there it was much the same to him. He would live to look… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
“Your problem is that you’re more like an empty book and you’re waiting on someone else to write your pages for you.… — Garry Crystal Copy Share Image
I remember talking to comedian Jimmy Pardo about his experience waiting to hear about his own pilot, and we both agreed on… — Pete Holmes Copy Share Image
As a country, Americans have to find a way to keep our cities solvent. If large numbers of cities no longer have… — Sasha Abramsky Copy Share Image
Virtue, the strength and beauty of the soul, Is the best gift of Heaven: a happiness That even above the smiles and… — John Armstrong Copy Share Image
Some attribute had departed from her, the permanence of which had been essential to keep her a woman. Such is frequently the… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
When President Hassan Rouhani was elected in Iran in 2013, he welcomed back the far-flung children of Iran. But one by one,… — Nazanin Boniadi Copy Share Image
He, who for an ordinary cause, resigns the fate of his patient to mercury, is a vile enemy to the sick; and,… — Nathaniel Chapman Copy Share Image
“I couldn’t figure out if it was fate or faith that had brought me there. How funny those two words sounded when… — Jay Grewal Copy Share Image
In some ways more painful is the fact that their experience appears to be fading from the collective memory of humankind. Having… — Tadatoshi Akiba Copy Share Image
Nothing can be said: nothing sure, nothing probable, nothing honest. Better to err through omission than through commission: better to refrain from… — Primo Levi Copy Share Image
Submissiveness to fate, the total abdication of your own will in the shaping of your life, the recognition that it was impossible… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
“The Seer's Map by Stewart Stafford Howling dog, thou cursèd hound, Plaguest thy master with baleful sound, The cur's yelps taint the… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
“Well - think about this. What if all your actions and choices, good or bad, made no difference to God? What if… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
“Learning to ‘be‘ ( -not the ‘fake being’- ) and learning to ‘be with others’ ( -the heartfelt being -), allows us… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
One of the things I noticed about the world was - it's funny, in the movie business, you meet a kind of… — Steven Conrad Copy Share Image
[The taxidermist is] a historian, dealing with an animal's past; the zookeeper is a politician, dealing with an animal's present; and everyone… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
![“[The taxidermist is] a historian, dealing with an animal's past; the zookeeper is a politician, dealing with an animal's present; and everyone else is a citizen who must decide on that animal's future (...) The indifference of the many, combined with the active hatred of the few, has sealed the…” quote by Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a26/yann-martel-395_active_the-taxidermist-is-a-historian-dealing-w_1877158.jpg)
