Balance Quote by william boyd

“Fortune definitely frowns upon all ill-gotten wealth, and often causes it to mysteriously evaporate.”

— Napoleon Hill

“It is an error to imagine that fate can be exhausted, and that one has reached the bottom of anything whatever.”

— Victor Hugo

“It seemed to me that the universe was tricky that way--as soon as you didn't need something as badly, as soon as you hold…

— Laura Dave

“Everything he knows about the whirlpool of past and future tells him that the universe does not owe you anything, and even if it…

— Daryl Gregory

“It is my fate, it seems, to fall privy to rare and splendid vistas in a state of exhaustion too profound to care.”

— Jacqueline Carey

“In this way Fate outplayed the efforts of mortals-simply to amuse itself, one might think.”

— Erik Valeur

“Even when I beat the odds and did well, somehow things overwhelmingly sucked. Thanks for nothing, universe.”

— Deborah Wilde

“You wish to believe foolishly that no matter what comes, you can simply overcome through some sense of unlimited potential or magical destiny, but…

— Robert J. Crane

“The idea of a Universe didn’t fit into their world picture, so to speak. They simply couldn’t cope with it. And so, charmingly, delightfully,…

— Douglas Adams

“On that one-in-a-million chance when life actually gives you a do-over, you better make sure you get it right. Or the universe might swallow…

— Gabby Rivera

“It wasn't luck or the order of the universe. It was simply what had happened.”

— Scott Turow

“Show pity I beg you... We have today been struck down by fortune But tomorrow it may be your own turn to die.”

— Guiseppe Verdi