“Each person has his own destiny and possesses the characteristics required to fulfill that destiny.”

Paul Adirex, Mekong

“Everyone’s life is controlled by destiny, which is the consequence of karma in one’s past lives and present life.”

Paul Adirex, Mekong

“Acceptance of karma should not be confused with fatalism. We are all, to a great extent, masters of our own fate. But also we must learn to bow before the inevitable: this is the true meaning of acceptance and it is only this which brings the harmony without which life is not really worth living.”

Eric Van Lustbader, The Ninja

“We are all, you see, toys of the life-force.”

John Wyndham, The Midwich Cuckoos

“I was born to be something, more than what I am now.”

Eric Van Lustbader, The Ninja

“Oh, Fortuna, you wretch!”

John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

“Destiny is something you don’t choose or plan. It is chosen for you.”

Terry Anderson, Den of Lions – Memoirs of Seven Years

“Resolve to take Fate by the throat and shake a living out of her.”

Louisa May Alcott

“Oh, Fortuna, you degenerate wanton!”

John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

“By accepting who you are, all of who you are, you can be free. And freedom is power.”

Catwoman

“None of us is destined to live forever.”

Lucia St. Clair Robson, Tokaido

“If you can look into the seeds of time

And say which grain will grow and which will not,

Speak then to me.”

William Shakespeare, Macbeth

“Fortuna, that vicious slut.”

John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

“I think a man does what he can until his destiny is revealed.”

The Last Samurai

“And human life, isn’t it similar to a puppet, haphazardly manipulated by Nature to the tune of Destiny?”

Bhanubhand Yugala, Rain in the Fifth Lunar Month

“Everything that happens in life is reward or punishment for what we have done. Only the ignorant resent their fate.”

Lucia St. Clair Robson, Tokaido

“What we do in life echoes in eternity.”

The Gladiator

“I believe that my destiny is to live among teachers.”

M.V.S.

“Things end… you have to let go.”

Snow Falling on Cedars

“Everything happens for a purpose. Some souls are supposed to leave life quick. There’s a lesson in it for them.”

Bethany Campbell, Hear No Evil