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Intentions, good or bad, are not enough. There's luck or fate or something else that takes over.

Intentions, good or bad, are not enough. There's luck or fate or something else that takes over.

John Steinbeck
Fate, Luck, Enough
John Steinbeck (2008). “The Winter of Our Discontent”, p.107, Penguin

Luck, you see, brings bitter friends.

John Steinbeck
Luck, Bitter
John Steinbeck (1993). “The Pearl”, p.39, Penguin

It is not good to want a thing too much. It sometimes drives the luck away. You must want it just enough, and you must be very tactful with Gods or the gods.

John Steinbeck
Luck, Want, Too Much
John Steinbeck (1993). “The Pearl”, p.26, Penguin

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