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Destiny was apparently a word describing an individual’s desperate need for certainty.

— Michael Moorcock The City in the Autumn Stars (1986)

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The albino reflected on the power of the human mind to build a fantasy and then defend it with complete determination as a reality.

The Fortress of the Pearl (1989)

Somewhere you can hear them whimpering, as if the evidence of their own mortality were emphasised by the knowledge of other people’s happiness.

The Lives and Times of Jerry Cornelius (1976)

Everything means nothing—that is the only truth.

To Rescue Tanelorn (1962)

Everything dies eventually—but that shouldn’t stop us enjoying life while it is there to be enjoyed.

The Wrecks of Time aka The Rituals of Infinity (1967)

Redefine the terms by which Man views the world, and thus eventually you redefine the world itself.

The City in the Autumn Stars (1986)

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One country, one constitution, one destiny.

Daniel Webster

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

John Lewis

Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved.

William Jennings Bryan

“Destiny,” said John. “The ghastliest word a man can speak.”

Poul Anderson The Corridors of Time (1965)

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