“Books and bullets have their own destinies”

— Ernst Jünger , book Storm of Steel

Storm of Steel (1920)
Original: (la) Habent sua fata libelli et balli

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Ernst Jünger 16

German writer 1895–1998

David Clement-Davies book Fell

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“I feel that books, just like people, have a destiny. Some invite sorrow, others joy, some both.”

Elie Wiesel (1928–2016) writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor

“Since it is probable that any book flying a bullet in its title is going to produce a corpse sooner or later - here it is.”

S. J. Simon (1904–1948) British bridge player and writer, comic fiction writer

A Bullet in the Ballet, opening sentence.

“Everyone is master of his own destiny.”

Harbhajan Singh Yogi (1929–2004) Indian-American Sikh Yogi

Remark (23 June 1972), as quoted in Transitions to a Heart Centered World : Through the Kundalini Yoga and Meditations of Yogi Bhajan (1988) by Guru Rattana and Ann M. Maxwell, p. 107
Context: Everyone is master of his own destiny. Those who do not know how to be commanded do not know how to command. Temptation is the law of Maya (illusion). One who can withstand it knows the law of life: assess your 1) stamina 2) potential 3) basic flexibility, and know where your emotions are.