Fate
She was stricken from the naval registry on 14 July 1972, and on 8 May 1973, she was sold for scrapping
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Famous quotes containing the word fate:
“Such is the miraculous nature of the future of exiles: what is first uttered in the impotence of an overheated apartment becomes the fate of nations.”
—Salman Rushdie (b. 1948)
“I’d like to get away from earth awhile
And then come back to it and begin over.
May no fate willfully misunderstand me
And half grant what I wish and snatch me away
Not to return. Earth’s the right place for love:
I don’t know where it’s likely to go better.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“Then die that she
The common fate of all things rare
May read in thee;”
—Edmund Waller (1606–1687)