“Luck is a fickle creature. She lovesmany, but is faithful to none.”
“Men are fickle creatures, capable of kindness and compassion yet fascinated by the basest atrocities.”
“Courage is a fickle creature. Just as you need it, it often makes excuses and rushes out of the room.”
“But man is a fickle and disreputable creature and perhaps, like a chess-player, is interested in the process of attaining his goal rather than the goal itself.”
“Obey the muse, Liz said. She's a fickle mistress.”
“Luck is a fickle girl who doesn’t like lingering in any one place; she strokes your hair back from your brow, kisses you quickly and flits away. Lady Misfortune, by contrast, presses you tightly to her loving heart; she says she’s not in a hurry, sits down beside your bed and knits.”