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Ken, the Tot of Destiny, had turned into the Marquis de Sade, and I in response had become a virago.

— Elaine Dundy

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Each feels the other has no manners, is disloyal, corrupt, insensitive — and has never put in an honest day's work in its life.

Elvis and Gladys (1985)

And eventually we will make sense of it.

A Stranger Comes to Town (2001)

I'd always prided myself on how unlike my books were from each other in settings and subject matter.

A Stranger Comes to Town (2001)

I kept crying, knowing that I would never go back to seeing what I used to see.

Then after his death in London in taxis, on radio and TV I heard nothing but Elvis records and that grabbed my attention.

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One country, one constitution, one destiny.

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

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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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