“Destiny is usually just around the corner. Like a thief, a hooker, or a lottery vendor: its three most common personifications. But what destiny does not do is home visits. You have to go for it.”

“Destiny doesn't do home visits... you have to go for it yourself.”

“It might have been that notion, or just chance, or its more flamboyant relative, destiny.”

“I looked up towards the immensity of the labyrinth."How does one choose a single book among so many?"Isaac shrugged his shoulders.'Some like to believe it's the book that chooses the person...destiny, in other words.”

“Sometimes we think people are like lottery tickets, that they're there to make our most absurd dreams come true.”

“What the flower vendor interpreted as 'pretty nasty'was only the intensity that comes to those who, better late than never, have found apurpose in life and are pursuing it to make up for lost time.”

“Contrary to what you believe, the earth does not revolve around the desires of your crotch.”