Quotes About Consequences

If I was going to act irresponsibly, the least I could do was be responsible for it.

tienen el poder toman decisiones que crean pobreza. No lo hacen bien, no porque se equivoquen o por su ignorancia, sino a propósito.

If I'd known how wrong I was - if I'd had any idea of the awful night that lay ahead - I'd have run after him and never returned to that disgusting circus of blood, that revolting circus of death.

The thing about real life is, when you do something stupid, it normally costs you.

Maybe we should wait....wait for him to kill another five or six, huh?

Destiny is a tower of cards - nudge one just an inch and everything stacked on top comes crashing down. P116

It was an age of tragic mistakes.

Lo que pasa con la vida real es que, cuando haces alguna estupidez, sueles acabar pagándola. En los libros, los protagonistas pueden cometer tantos errores como quieran. No importa lo que hagan, porque al final todo sale bien. Derrotan a los malos, arreglan las cosas y todo acaba guay.

Harkat delayed for another frustrating moment, then nodded gruffly. OK. But if they kill us on...our way out, I'll never speak...to you again.

What sort of a world is it where evil is born of an act of goodness? -Vancha March

You ought to have known I'd do it! My voice sounded harsh and savage like a stranger's in my ears. Didn't I steal a crutch from a cripple?

Few men get killed. Most of those who meet sudden ends get themselves killed.

How many times in life can we make decisions that are important but will not hurt anyone? Are we obligated- maybe we are- to say yes to any choice when no one will be hurt? We use the word hurt when talking about things like this because when these things go wrong it can feel as if you were hit in the sternum by a huge animal that's run for miles just to strike you.

Maybe he hadn't thought the war through. It had seemed like simple fun when he had first pictured it, with a glorious beginning, a difficult but valor-filled middle, and a victorious end. He hadn't accounted for the fact that there might not be much of a resolution to the battle, and he hadn't imagined what it would feel like when the war just sort of ended, without anyone admitting defeat and congratulating him for his bravery.

He had made a series of foolish decisions in his life. He had not planned well. He had not had courage when he needed it. His decisions had been short sighted. The decisions of his peers had been short sighted. These decisions had been foolish and expedient.

The only way we can eradicate human behavior is to eradicate humans, and that strikes me as pretty extreme.

no one can do an injury to you without doing an injury to themselves.

One missed e-mail, untracked commitment, or decision avoided can have hugely magnified consequences.

The avenues he had taken as a young man had pretty much dictated what the remaining years of his life would be like.

Everyone has choices. You make them and then you live with the consequences.

Regrets? What exactly does that mean? We all have regrets. Indeed we do. But some are far greater than others. And if they are powerful enough, they can consume you completely.

cut there. He instantly knew what Patti had done.

Free speech is not really free if it costs you all that you have.

she hadn't accounted for.