"On n'eÂ chappe pas a'Â Â son sort. One cannot escape destiny."

-- Alain Robbe-Grillet

#Son Quotes #Destiny Quotes

“Don't ever call me a bottler on the radio with thousands of people listening”
“I don't have any expectations.”
“All my life I had a rapport with black caddies.”
“Have we not all, amid life's petty strife, Some pure ideal of a noble life That once seemed possible? Did we not hear The flutter of its wings, and feel it near, And just within our reach? It was. And yet We lost it in this daily jar and fret, And now live idle in a vague regret; But still our place is kept, and it will wait, Ready for us to fill it, soon or late. No star is ever lost we once have seen, We always may be what we might have been.”
“The gates of heaven are so easily found when we are little, and they are always standing open to let children wander in.”
“How many deaf people do you know in real life? Unless they live in a cave, or are 14, which seems to be true for most people in this business, what could I possibly tell them that they don't already know?”
“As it is our nature to be more moved by hope than fear, the example of one we see abundantly rewarded cheers and encourages us far more than the sight of many who have not been well treated disquiets us.”

Source : Francesco Guicciardini (1949). “Ricordi”
“You can't be successful with other people if you haven't paid the price of success with yourself.”

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