f-a-t-e

Updated: May 12, 2025

Its like will never occur again in my State; not in my district, anyhow. A recent Republican gerrymander will prevent that. Andrew Sale says he did it. Maybe he did; I don't know." "It was Fate f-a-t-e Fate!" said Colonel Manysnifters, solemnly. "There's no avoiding it. My sainted parents, both good Presbyterians in their day, would doubtless have urged predestination. That may be it.

Robert Fitzgerald - The Statesmen Snowbound

"Some women spell fate f-a-t-e," she said, looking at the water, "but I spell it without the e." She took half of it and then put down the glass. "Honestly," she declared, "I'd rather be fat." Mr. Pierce met them there a few minutes later and they had a three-cornered chat. But Miss Summers evidently didn't know just how much I knew and was careful of what she said.

Mary Roberts Rinehart - Where There's a Will