How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
Was this her fate too, [Ursula] thought, contemplating her bespectacled reflection in the mirror above the fireplace? Would she, too, end up as an old maid? (21.171)
This is less fate than fear of being single, although perhaps it is her fate to be an old maid. It seems that the only lives she's happy in are the ones in which she remains single.
Quote #8
A Todd and a Fuchs—a pair of foxes. Had fate intervened in her life? Dr. Kellet might have appreciated the coincidence. (24.79)
One of Ursula's better relationships happens with a man who has basically the same last name as she does, but it's still not perfect.
Quote #9
"He's always been a politician. He was born a politician." No, Ursula thought, he was born a baby, like everyone else. And this is what he has chosen to become. (24.158)
As someone who feels she has control over her own life (lives), Ursula believes in free will, of course. She doesn't think Hitler was born to be evil; she thinks he chose that path.