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Jeanette Winterson quote: "Destiny is a worrying concept. I don't want to be fated, I..."

Destiny is a worrying concept. I don't want to be fated, I want to choose.

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It is the part of courage, when misfortune comes, to bear without repining the ruin of our hopes, to turn away our thoughts from vain regrets. This degree of submission to Power is not only just and right: it is the very gate of wisdom. Bertrand Russell
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