I do not believe in a fate that falls on all men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

—G. K. Chesterton

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Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English author, philosopher, Christian apologist, and literary and art critic.

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Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half the time.

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Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf is better than a whole loaf.

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A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.

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I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.

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I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

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If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

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Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny.

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I think some people are just inexplicably bonded. Drawn by forces beyond their own comprehension, they have no choice but to gravitate toward one another. Destined by fate to keep crossing paths until they finally get it right.

—L.B. Simmons in The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller

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Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him.

—Groucho Marx

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I thought it must be fate that I kept bumping into him, some strange sign that he was meant to come back into my life and fix or change something, a voice from the past arriving in the present with the answers to everything.

—Sarah Dessen in That Summer

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