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Jack Vance on Fate

1916–2013 United States

← All quotes by Jack Vance

4 quotes

It is all sheer egocentricity: the myth of self triumphant over destiny!

Alastor trilogy (1973)

Destiny could not bring him this far only to deal him failure!

Demon Princes (1964)

Aillas groaned. “Destiny could never be so unkind.”
Suldrun said in a soft voice: “Destiny doesn’t really care.”

Lyonesse Trilogy (1983)

I challenge Destiny, yes, but I do not leap off cliffs.

Dying Earth (1950)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jack Vance (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.