# Quote — Megan Whalen Turner, Thick as Thieves

> If a man who claims to see the future is a fool,
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> how much more so, the man who believes he can control it?
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> We think we steer the ship of fate,
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> but all of us are guided by unseen stars.

- Author: [Megan Whalen Turner](https://www.leafyquotes.com/megan-whalen-turner.md)
- Book: [Thick as Thieves](https://www.leafyquotes.com/megan-whalen-turner/thick-as-thieves.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Megan_Whalen_Turner#Thick_as_Thieves_(2017)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/megan-whalen-turner/thick-as-thieves/if-a-man