Whose madness was a challenge hurled at fate… – Edgar Fawcett, “At a Window,” Songs of Doubt and Dream, 1891

The pulse of destiny still shook the foundations of the world. The will that had willed this thing to happen had now another will to deal with—nor should the stream of Fate swallow up his heart without a cry. – Frederic Jesup Stimson, In Cure of Her Soul, 1906, wording slightly altered

A man does not make his destiny: he accepts it or denies it. – Ursula K. Le Guin

I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate. – Lucan