If it was my lot that I should have him for only a little…

“Great quotes say a lot with a little.”

— Bert McCoy

“Why hadn't they built a lot of little Ringworlds instead?”

— Larry Niven

If you give children the freedom to do very little, quite a lot will do very little.

— Jasper Fforde

Don't use a lot where a little will do

— Proverb

“In that instant it all seemed to come clear to him- it came in a grisly flash of light, and he realized that the…

— Stephen King

Somehow destiny comes into play. These children end up with you and you end up with them. It's something quite magical.

— Nicole Kidman

“Failing to meet your true destiny is a tragic act of free will.”

— Anthon St. Maarten

You can't choose what stays and what stays away.

— Florence Welch

“It's morning now, and I miss the soft rasp of her voice already. Ugh. I'm in trouble, aren't I?”

— Pat Shand

There are times when we can feel destiny close around us like a fist around a doorknob. Sure, we can resist. But a knob…

— Tom Robbins

Man blindly works the will of fate. [Ger., Blindlings that er blos den Willen des Geschickes.]

— Christoph Martin Wieland

“To be a Sufi is to detach from fixed ideas and from preconceptions; and not to try to avoid what is your lot.”

— Idries Shah

“You are destiny for greatness. Your future is in the hands of the Lord.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Anatomy is destiny.

— Sigmund Freud

... War on the destiny of man! Doom on the sun! Before death takes you, O take back this.

— Anonymous