"When I look at life I try to be as agnostic and unmetaphysical as possible. So I have to admit that, most probably, we do not have a fate. But I think that's something that draws us to novels - that the characters always have a fate. Even if it's a terrible fate, at least they have one."

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Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

Daniel Kehlmann

#Character Quotes #Fate Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Debate is healthy and no one in this chamber - starting with me - has a monopoly on being right.”
“Either... the moving intelligences of the planets are weakest in those that are farthest from the sun, or... there is one moving intelligence in the sun, the common center, forcing them all round, but those most violently which are nearest, and that it languishes in some sort and grows weaker at the most distant, because of the remoteness and the attenuation of the virtue.”
“You can't make your kids what you want them to be. They are who they are and you have to help them to succeed in the world as best you can.”
“Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of a suffering people.”
“He was impolite while making a point? This is Vlad the Impaler. His points usually come at the end of a long pole.”
“Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.”

Source : "Zoe Saldana's Star Turn". Interview with Monica Corcoran, www.womenshealthmag.com. April 13, 2009.
“I was a grill cook at McDonalds for a little bit. I did landscape for a little bit. I played a lot in the bar scene, I played countless sets of acoustic songs in that arena.”

Source : "Staind: An IGN Classic Interview". Interview with Spence D., www.ign.com. July 9, 2003.
“What's right with America and what's right with Islam have a lot in common. At their highest levels, both worldviews reflect an enlightened recognition that all of humankind shares a common Creator - that we are, indeed, brothers and sisters.”

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