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“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves that we are underlings.” William Shakespeare, “Julius Caesar” - 1623

“The wheel is come full circle” William Shakespeare, “King Lear” - 1623

“It is the stars, The stars above us, govern our conditions;” William Shakespeare, “King Lear” - 1623

“What must be shall be.” William Shakespeare, “Romeo and Juliet” - 1597

“It has ever been my fate to give pain to those whose happiness I should have promoted.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “The Sorrows of Young Werther” - 1774

“To yield is grievous, but the obstinate soul That fights with Fate, is smitten grievously.” Sophocles, “Antigone” - c. 441 BC

“I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing.” Herman Melville, “Moby-Dick” - 1851

“it is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear.” Charlotte Brontë, “Jane Eyre” - 16 October 1847

“Then I defy you, stars!” William Shakespeare, “Romeo and Juliet” - 1597

“O fortune, fortune! All men call thee fickle.” William Shakespeare, “Romeo and Juliet” - 1597

“Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.” William Shakespeare, “Julius Caesar” - 1623

“I find my zenith doth depend upon a most auspicious star, whose influence if now I court not, but omit, my fortunes will ever after droop.” William Shakespeare, “The Tempest” - 1623

“Fate, show thy force. Ourselves we do not owe: what is decreed must be; and be this so!” William Shakespeare, “Twelfth Night” - 1623

“Finish, good lady; the bright day is done, and we are for the dark.” William Shakespeare, “Antony and Cleopatra” - 1623

“If there were reason for these miseries, then into limits could I bind my woes.” William Shakespeare, “Titus Andronicus” - 1594

“What fates impose, that men must needs abide; it boots not to resist both wind and tide.” William Shakespeare, “Henry VI, Part 3” - 1595

“Think you I bear the shears of destiny? Have I commandment on the pulse of life?” William Shakespeare, “King John” - 1623

“As flies to wanton boys are we to th' gods, They kill us for their sport.” William Shakespeare, “King Lear” - 1623

“It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That's the world's greatest lie.” Paulo Coelho, “The Alchemist” - 1988

“It's no good crying over spilt milk, because all the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it.” W. Somerset Maugham, “Of Human Bondage” - 1915

“I do not believe in a fate that will fall on us no matter what we do. I do believe in a fate that will fall on us if we do nothing.” Ronald Reagan, “Inaugural Address” - 20 January 1981

“O, I am fortune's fool!” William Shakespeare, “Romeo and Juliet” - 1597

“Were she better or you sicker, then the stars would not be so terribly crossed, but it is the nature of stars to cross, and never was Shakespeare more wrong than when he had Cassius note, 'The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars / But in...” John Green, “The Fault in Our Stars” - 2012

“Do you ever wonder why things have to turn out the way they do?” Nicholas Sparks, “A Walk to Remember” - 1999

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