we shall manipulate all waters , fires , and the four windswe shall bring all these deterministic elements to our beckoning call , we shall laugh in the very face of fate , for it is each of us who controls our individual destinies and none other : we shall never be subject to the whims of natures elements while there is even the shallowest breath lasting in our bodies ( even if said breath happens to be a breath of wind ) ; if ever there were a creature resilient enough to stick it out through a brutal war against that she-bitch , nature , surely , it is humanity !