Satish

“You don't choose to be born. You just are. And your birth is your destiny, some say. I say the hell with that. And I should know. I was born not just once but five times. And five times I learned the same lesson. Sometimes in life, you have to grab your so-called destiny by the throat and wring its neck.”
― Masaji Ishikawa, A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea

“Hey Clark," he said, "Tell me something good.”
― Jojo Moyes, Me Before You

“It’s very easy to be number one: find the guy who is number one, and score one point higher than he does.”
― Paul Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air

“You don't choose to be born. You just are. And your birth is your destiny, some say. I say the hell with that. [...] Sometimes in life, you have to grab your so-called destiny by the throat and wring its neck”
― Masaji Ishikawa, A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea