Habent sua fata libelli. (Books have their own destinies.)

Books have their destinies.

— Horace

“Pro captu lectoris, habent sua fata libelli": "According to the capacity of the reader,books have their destinies." ”

— Terentianus Maurus

Books have their destinies like men. And their fates, as made by generations of readers, are very different from the destinies foreseen for them…

— Aldous Huxley

“It's a new world, sweetie. We build our own destinies.”

— Pat Shand

“I travel to know the life of great souls in the pages of a book.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Our destinies are our own, if we have the courage to take control of them.

— David Clement-Davies

In short, the time has come for us as American and Iranian citizens to apply our mutual energy, intellect, and goodwill toward strengthening relations…

— Cyrus Vance

“People with destinies shouldn't make plans.”

— Laini Taylor

Often the prudent, far from making their destinies, succumb to them.

— Voltaire

“One step, two steps, three steps; like winds of time experience joy of centuries, when movements become revelations of the dance of destinies.”

— Shah Asad Rizvi

“And like that, our destinies snap together.”

— Tessa Gratton

“None of us decide what we will be born into in this life, but we face our destinies with what we have been given.”

— Bonnie Erina Wheeler

We are the authors of our destinies. No one can see the vision any clearer, believe in and work any harder to make it…

— Anonymous

I'm not in the business of meddling with people's destinies - and yes, my characters are real people to me. They have histories and…

— Jonathan Evison

So thoughtlessly we sling on our destinies.

— Leif Enger