Gail Carson Levine Quotes

It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish.

We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.

We are all puppets in the hands of fate and seldom see the strings.

Sometimes, what you do you have no control over because it's predestined. It's gonna happen in spite of you. There's nothing you can do about it.

I've always sort of believed that the future takes care of itself.

I don't think that a leader can control, to any great extent, his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation if the forces of history are running in another direction.

I'm a great believer in fate. I think things happen in spite of, and despite, yourself.

I think some things are just meant to happen; you can't change your fate. Maybe we have a small amount of control.

I think 'destiny' is just a fancy word for a psychological pattern.

Man never legislates, but destinies and accidents, happening in all sorts of ways, legislate in all sorts of ways.

My whole life has been decided by fate.

There is a destiny that shapes our ends rough, hew them as we will.

There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.

All is foreseen, but freedom of choice is given.

Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out til too late that he's been playing with two queens all along.

Men are the sport of circumstances when it seems circumstances are the sport of men.

Personally, I would say the 'master' of this whole thing is fate... Whoever is on the playing field is fair game, and it's up to them to avoid being used.

Many events in our lives are the result of things beyond our control. While it is comforting to think, 'I'm in charge,' in truth, most changes effected by individuals are very limited in scope.

I believe in fate.

I feel like whatever is meant is meant. I feel like this is already written.

There are so many things that you have no control over: whether you play or not, whether you get traded or not, or whether you get waived or not.

I've always said everything happens the way it's supposed to.

Destiny is an absolutely definite and inexorable ruler. Physical ability and moral determination count for nothing. It is impossible to perform the simplest act when the gods say no. I have no idea how they bring pressure to bear on such occasions; I only know that it is irresistible.

It lies not in our power to love or hate, for will in us is overruled by fate.

I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.