Fate is shaped half by expectation, half by inattention. - Amy Tan

But he was so attuned to my every movement I was sure he was reading my mind. HE had no inhibitions, and whatever ones he discovered I had he'd pry away from me like little treasures.

i'm not saying fate happens without blame. but when fate turns out well, everyone should forget the bad road that got us here.

People look at me as this very, I don't know, Confucius-like wise person — which I'm not. They don't see all the shit that I've been through.