Destiny Quote by Martin Cruz Smith

“A man is ruled by appetite and remorse, and I swallowed what I could.”

— Elise Blackwell

“Fate drives cruel bargains. We must always release one thing before we can grasp something else.”

— Kim Wright

“Man created Guilt. Guilt is the Perpetual Engine that Drives the World.”

— Vineet Raj Kapoor

“Without the aid of the imagination all the pleasures of the senses must sink into grossness.”

— Mary Wollstonecraft

“You know there is a cycle of imagining and desire, desire and death, death and birth, birth and imagining. And we have been tempted…

— Denis Johnson

“There are two kinds of guilt: the kind that drowns you until you’re useless, and the kind that fires your soul to purpose.”

— Sabaa Tahir

“Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man; And bitter shame hath spoil'd the sweet world's…

— William Shakespeare

“Happiness, they say, is a decision, not just a feeling. And I have decided to get rip-roaringly drink and throw caution to the wind. ”

— Jane Moore

“Desire is the impulse that sparks the flame.”

— Cathy Wild

“Ah Love! could thou and I with Fate conspire To grasp this sorry Scheme of Things entire, Would not we shatter it to bits…

— Omar Khayyam

“We cannot avoid things going wrong. Even when we’ve prepared brilliantly, Fate can still vomit on our duvet.”

— Ben Hunt-Davis

“Guilt is born in the same hour with pleasure, like anything in this universe and its enemy.”

— Ama Ata Aidoo