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Destiny Quote by Jennifer Haigh

“Destiny, she’d learned, was written in the heavens; a person couldn’t take what the universe didn’t wish to give.” quote by Jennifer Haigh — Download Open image

““Destiny, she’d learned, was written in the heavens; a person couldn’t take what the universe didn’t wish to give.””

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“Stomach issues aren’t typical. But let me do some research.” Trexler scribbles on a notepad. “What about breathing problems? That’s usually what we see…

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“But his singing was unconscious and irrepressible - an expression of his native exuberance, the dreamy, buoyant soundtrack running through his head.”

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“When they touched it was like touching her own body. From childhood they had been the same height; their arms and legs and hands…

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“More than anything in life, she wishes she'd let him. That she'd smiled for the camera. That she'd said yes. Life was gone before…

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“He looks out over his back yard, what’s left of it. With the forest gone, the property looks smaller than sixty acres, stripped and…

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Writing fiction, like reading fiction, is a practice in empathy.

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I wanted only a familiar voice, someone who knew me. Not some earlier, larval version of myself. . .

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

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Anatomy is destiny.

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

Lailah Gifty Akita

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

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

Christoph Martin Wieland

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

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

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

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

Anthon St. Maarten

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

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“Destiny is the ordained intention God has sacredly prepared with your name on it.”

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