“Fate was cruel, but it was fate.”
“That bitch fate has a cruel sense of humor.”
“Cruel blows of fate call for extreme kindness in the family circle.”
“Ah, cruel fate, how swiftly joy and sorrow alternate!”
“Why have all the pieces joined together to create such a cruel fate?”
“The ways of fate are indeed hard to understand. If there is not some compensation hereafter, then the world is a cruel jest.”