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Allan Kardec
“God has not regulated the laws of nature to meet the demands of human vanity." 
The Spirits' Book”
Allan Kardec

Margaret Atwood
“In a fairy tale I would be one of the two stupid sisters who open the forbidden door and are shocked by the murdered wives, not the third, clever one who keeps to the essentials: presence of mind, foresight, the telling of watertight lies. I told lies but they were not watertight. My mind was not disciplined, as Arthur sometimes pointed out.”
Margaret Atwood, Lady Oracle

Esther M. Friesner
“The Fates themselves grant us one or two places in our lives where the thread untwists and we can follow either one strand or the other. Better to know when and where those choices will come to us instead of being taken by surprise. “
“Why only one or two?” I asked, thinking of all the moments my life had already accumulated in which I’d chosen to follow a different path than the one most people would expect of me. “Why not say that every day lets me choose my own future?”
The priest chuckled. “What a gift you have for joking, Lady Helen! You know your future. You’ll be Sparta’s queen, living a life blessed by the gods. Your only surprises will be the name of your husband and whether your babies will be sons or daughters. You don’t need to visit the Pythia. But your noble brothers will be heroes, making their own futures; heroes should know what awaits them.”
“He’s right, Helen,” Castor said. “Polydeuces and I should know our fate.”
Castor’s fate? He didn’t need an oracle to discover that; I could tell him exactly what it would be. The young priest’s glib words were better than underground fumes for giving me a vision of what lay in store for both of my brothers: They were going to have their ears filled with flattery, then be persuaded to leave a rich gift at Apollo’s shrine just to hear some poor girl babble riddles while she choked half to death on smoke. Then they’d made another offering just to have Apollo’s priests translate the Pythia’s wild words. If their gifts to the sun god were too extravagant, I could also predict what Father would have to say about it when we got home.”
Esther M. Friesner, Nobody's Princess

Caroline Vermalle
“vous allez rencontrer des gens qui vont faire un effort surhumain pour apparaître parfaitement blasés.”
Caroline Vermalle, Sixtine - L'Intégrale

Caroline Vermalle
“Vous vous demandez contre qui je joue ? Sixtine ne sut que répondre et se contenta de regarder les dominos en vrac sur la table. L’homme lui sourit et susurra : — La Muerte. La Mort. Sixtine fut happée par son regard. — Chaque jour, nous jouons. Pour l’instant, elle m’a toujours laissé gagner.”
Caroline Vermalle, Sixtine - L'Intégrale

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