“I BELIEVE IN DESTINY, IN FATE, IN THE MAGIC OF THE UNIVERSE.I BELIEVE WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER LOVE. EITHER IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN OR IT'S NOT..”

“I believe in fate because destiny can be changed.”

“We dared the impossible, did the undoable, bore the unbearable, not merely once but over and over again. I don't believe in fate or inevitable destinies, as I keep telling folks. But I do believe in a certain kind of inevitability. When you plant a potato, you get a potato. When you plant a rose, you get a rose. There is a pattern already in the seed, and it will unfold according to its nature.”

“We always loved to say 'If I'd had a Monday-morning class, I never would have met you'. Or 'If you'd been reading something else, none of this would have happened'. We didn't believe in fate, but we believed in serendipity. We felt very lucky.”

“Real love still happens sometimes. It's not just something we make up when you're nine. I have to believe that. You do too.”

“Believe that God discarded you if you want to, fate or destiny or whatever, but at least know they loved you...”