Clouds and Flying Catkins

Does fate really exist in this world? And if it does, what is fate?

What is fate?

She asked the men who crossed her path time and again. Each time, though, she would smile faintly and turn away, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

There is no fate. Yes, no fate. Otherwise, why could she never seize it? Why could she never get hold of this so-called fate?

And so she drifted through life, with no beginning and no end.