We are not authors of our lives; we are not even part-authors of the events that mark us most deeply. Nearly everything that is most important in our lives is unchosen. The time and place we are born, our parents, the first language we speak - these are chance, not choice. It is the casual drift of things that shapes our most fateful relationships. The life of each of us is a chapter of accidents.


The Vices of Morality: The fetish of choice (p. 109-110) - Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals (2002)

John Gray Quotes

We are not authors of our lives; we are not even part-authors of the events that mark us most deeply. Nearly everything that is most important in our ...

We are not authors of our lives; we are not even part-authors of the events that mark us most deeply. Nearly everything that is most important in our ...

We are not authors of our lives; we are not even part-authors of the events that mark us most deeply. Nearly everything that is most important in our ...

We are not authors of our lives; we are not even part-authors of the events that mark us most deeply. Nearly everything that is most important in our ...