If a man who claims to see the future is a fool, how much m… - Megan Whalen Turner

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If a man who claims to see the future is a fool,
how much more so, the man who believes he can control it?
We think we steer the ship of fate,
but all of us are guided by unseen stars.

Megan Whalen Turner

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Megan Whalen Turner (born November 21, 1965) is an American fantasy fiction author.

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The king, the master of the fates of men, before their eyes was reduced to a man, very young himself, and in love.

The minister of war snorted. "Not if he had to follow you on a horse," he said.

We invoke the Great Goddess in our hour of need for her wisdom and her mercy," Teleus said in the demotic.
"Ere translates as love, a rather ruthless love, not mercy, Teleus. The Great Goddess of Eddis not known for her mercy.

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