"There are things in this universe that we cannot control, and then there are the things we can. . . . Let fate, coincidence, and accident conspire; human beings must act on reason."

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Source : David Guterson (2009). “Snow Falling on Cedars”, p.212, A&C Black

David Guterson

#Fate Quotes #Coincidence Quotes #Reason Quotes

“And then when she takes him through the whole wine tasting process, finishing with a long, languid taste that she really enjoyed â€œshe opened her eyes and saw Nick staring at her. â€œI feel like I need a cigarette and a shower after watching that.”
“You canâ€™t dress rehearse the bad moments.”
“The wicked are always ungrateful.”
“Regardless of what the object of design is, humans need design. For anything humans use in their day to day life, they need design and it is a clear and concrete proof of the fundamental human right to live.”
“With hand on the spade and heart in the sky Dress the ground and till it; Turn in the little seed, brown and dry, Turn out the golden millet. Work, and your house shall be duly fed: Work, and rest shall be won; I hold that a man had better be dead Than alive when his work is done.”

Source : Alice Cary, Phoebe Cary, Mary Clemmer (1876). “The Poetical Works of Alice and Phoebe Cary”, p.164
“Novelists and poets have existed side by side forever.”
“As a rule, the mind, residing in a body that has become weakened by pampering, is also weak, and where there is no strength of mind there can be no strength of soul.”
“I made a conscious decision to live my life the best way I could and that meant to publicise myself as little as possible.”

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