#destiny

What is the point of having free will if one cannot occasionally spit in the eye of destiny? ↗

— Jim Butcher

#destiny #johnnie-marcone #free

There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk. ↗

— Guy Gavriel Kay

#path #path

There are winds of destiny that blow when we least expect them. Sometimes they gust with the fury of a hurricane, sometimes they barely fan one’s cheek. But the winds cannot be denied, bringing as they often do a future that is impossible to ignore. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#ignorance

Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker? ↗

— Garth Nix

#path #questioning #path

Garion,' she said very calmly, 'the universe knew your name before that moon up there was spun out of the emptiness. Whole constellations have been waiting for you since the beginning of time.' I didn't want them to, Aunt Pol.' There are those of us who aren't given that option, Garion. There are things that gave to be done and certain people who have to do them. It's as simple as that.' He smiled rather sadly at her flawless face and gently touched the snowy white lock at her brow. Then, for the last time in his life, he asked the question that had been on his lips since he was a tiny boy. 'Why me, Aunt Pol? Why me?' Can you possibly think of anyone else you'd trust to deal with these matters, Garion?' He had not really been prepared for that question. It came at him in stark simplicity. Now at last he fully understood. 'No,' he sighed, 'I suppose not. Somehow it seems a little unfair, though. I wasn't even consulted.' Neither was I, Garion,' she answered. 'But we didn't have to be consulted, did we? The knowledge of what we have to do is born into us. ↗

— David Eddings

#fantasy #purpose #life

Everyman has his own destiny: The only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him. ↗

— Henry Miller

#destiny

Some things are destined to be -- it just takes us a couple of tries to get there. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#fate #destiny

Destiny is usually just around the corner. Like a thief, a hooker, or a lottery vendor: its three most common personifications. But what destiny does not do is home visits. You have to go for it. ↗

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

#destiny

Do you ever wonder why things have to turn out the way they do? ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#fate #wonder #destiny

Survive first. Figure out crayon drawing of destiny later. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#destiny