"A great novel is concerned primarily with the interior lives of its characters as they respond to the inconvenient narratives that fate imposes on them. Movie adaptations of these monumental fictions often fail because they become mere exercises in interior decoration."

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"A great novel is concerned primarily with the interior lives of its characters as they respond to the inconvenient narratives that fate imposes on them. Movie adaptations of these monumental fictions often fail because they become mere exercises in interior decoration."

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"Fate demands that we continue suffering, until we willingly seek out and discover the sacred path of righteousness. Until we surrender to the sameness of life, we are unable to experience the absolute ground zero of reality. Only by surrendering our desires, by readjusting our consciousness to a state undefined, unbound, and unmotivated by passion and desire, will we experience life transformed."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

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"Never declare Fate your enemy; she does not take lightly declarations of war. Declare your friendship to her instead, and smile in hope of better days."

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"Destiny is what you make it, otherwise you are at the mercy of fate."

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"Fate seems to scourge some people with her furies, while it ravishes others with her graces with none having done absolutely nothing to suffer the furies or merit the graces."

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"If we be doomed to marry, we marry; if we be doomed to remain single we do."

Thomas Hardy, English Novelist

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"Even "meant to be" takes work."

Donna Lynn Hope, Jamaican Author

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"The gods seldomgivebut so quicklytake."

Charles Bukowski, American Author

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"Fate is cruel but maybe not random. Nature (meaning Death) always wins but that doesn't mean we have to bow and gravel to it."

Donna Tartt, American Novelist

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"All stories are ultimately about the fall."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

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"Never declare Fate your enemy; she does not take lightly declarations of war. Declare your friendship to her instead, and smile in hope of better days."

"Destiny is what you make it, otherwise you are at the mercy of fate."

"Fate seems to scourge some people with her furies, while it ravishes others with her graces with none having done absolutely nothing to suffer the furies or merit the graces."

"Never declare fate your enemy, she comes with great fury against those who give up all hope."

"If we be doomed to marry, we marry; if we be doomed to remain single we do."

"Even "meant to be" takes work."

"The gods seldomgivebut so quicklytake."

"Fate is cruel but maybe not random. Nature (meaning Death) always wins but that doesn't mean we have to bow and gravel to it."

"All stories are ultimately about the fall."

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"A great novel is concerned primarily with the interior lives of its characters as they respond to the inconvenient narratives that fate imposes on them. Movie adaptations of these monumental fictions often fail because they become mere exercises in interior decoration."

"He was the first to conceive of movies as an art form. His belief was that if the traditional art form would not find room for him, then he would make an art form of his own."

"Memory is the personal journalism of the soul."