“What is the point of having free will if one cannot occasionally spit in the eye of destiny?”
“As much as we have free choice, absolute destiny is immutable. What is meant to happen does, through one measure or another.”
“...Doc's idea of "clarifyin' a point of contention" came awful close to spitting in a man's eye.”
“Maybe we cannot escape from the destiny of the human, but we have a choice: to suffer our destiny or to enjoy our destiny.”
“Humans have discovered that they cannot stop Death, but at least they can spit in his drink.”
“This is not a book in the ordinary sense of the word. No, this is a prolonged insult, a gob of spit in the face of art, a kick in the pants to God, Man, Destiny, Time, Love, Beauty... what you will. ”