Seanan McGuire Quotes

It is the mark of an inexperienced man not to believe in luck.

Somebody warned me early on to be very careful about brushing up against the chocolate.

You're in the lap of the gods. If people go, they go, and if they don't.

Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.

There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line.

When things are perfect, that's when you need to worry most.

Doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune.

People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune.

Luck and misfortune are closely intertwined.

You can never be sure what is around the corner.

Who cannot but see oftentimes how strange the threads of our destiny run? Oft it is only for a moment the favorable instant is presented. We miss it, and months and years are lost.

Wyrd bith ful araed (Fate is inexorable).

Fate is gonna find you in your glass of champagne.

Fate is a wheel that turns without our hand

Whatever limits us we call fate.

Fortuna smiles and frowns according to a timetable surprising even to herself.

A person does not choose his or her fate; he or she only fulfills it. We are bound by our fate as long as we accept the values that determine it.

You don’t knock on the devil’s door, boy, unless you want him to answer. (Ravyn)

Of course you have to believe in destiny; that everything is sheer chance is an intolerable notion.

Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.

I ignored the flashes of lightning all around me. They either had your number on them or they didn't.

Play with me and you play with fire.

That's the way the system works. Sometimes you get the bear, sometimes the bear gets you.

Not a man alive has so much luck that he can play with it.

You see, Aslan didn't tell Pole what would happen. He only told her what to do. That fellow will be the death of us once he's up, I shouldn't wonder. But that doesn't let us off following the signs. - The Silver Chair