Kate Milford said this quote

...But if you want to be a good mayor—there seem to be so very few of them—that must be the sort of thing you have to be destined for. And a wish that goes against your destiny...that's always a bad idea.. Only a fool scoffs at destiny.' 'I think only a fool relies on it,' Julian grumbled. 'How can destiny decide what I'm going to be before I do?