Lacey Rawlins' view of fate is a mix somewhat between John Grady Cole's and Alfonsa's opinions observed with the following quote “Ever dumb thing I ever done in my life there was decision I made before that got me into it. It was never the dumb thing. It was always some choice I’d made before it” (McCarthy 79). Rawlins believes that things are sort of chain reactions, that his choices do matter,but his past choices control the strings of his future. An example of fate In the beginning of the book is that Rawlins says a good looking horse or a good looking woman is ”always more trouble than what they’re worth”, possibly implying fate all along that John Grady and Alejandra wouldn't end up together, or that Blevins' horse would cause trouble
