Now is the dramatic moment of fate, Watson, when you hear a step upon the stair which is walking into your life, and you know not whether for good or ill. – Arthur Conan Doyle
I shall seize fate by the throat. – Ludwig van Beethoven
Fate, Chance, God’s Will — we all try to account for our lives somehow. What are the chances that two raindrops, flung from the heavens, will merge on a windowpane? Gotta be Fate. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
Coincidences are little hellos from heaven. – Theresa Caputo, Long Island Medium [S7, E5, 2016]
[W]hat is called chance is the instrument of Providence… – Horace Walpole, 1777 letter to Countess of Ossory
Chance is a nickname of Providence. – Sébastien-Roch Nicolas (Chamfort) (c.1740–1794), translated from Fren
Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not want to sign. – Théophile Gautier, c.1845, translated from French
