Quotes About Consequence

Just, that we read fiction because it suggests that life has a shape, and we feel . . . consoled, I think he said, by that notion. Consoled to think that life isn't just one damned thing after another. That it has sequence and consequence." She smiled at Edith. "I think it was more or less the idea that fictional narrative made life seem to matter, that it pushed away the meaninglessness of death.

The die is cast. -

Alea iacta est

Sometimes going to jail is just the price you have to pay for social reform or social change.

We can never run away from our past. The past will catch up to us because it is us. It is a part of us; it's what makes us we are. It's what delineates the borders of our societies.

Every solution breeds new problems.

The American people will eventually get hurt by this accumulated deficit. That's the problem. We have too much deficit. We have to find a solution.

The criminal is trying to solve his immediate problems.

Anyone who has begun to think, places some portion of the world in jeopardy.

Freedom isn't to do what you want at somebody else's expense.

I think making a great action movie is one of the hardest cinematic endeavors. By definition, smart characters avoid action. Smart people don't go down dark alleys, but if you're making an action movie and you want to have an action sequence, somehow you have to get that character into that dangerous situation.

Time can be cruel if you don't use it wisely ~ Imani Wisdom, Zion's Road: A Love Story about Faith and Redemption.

The tiny match we've been fooling with just set off an explosion.

It would be a decision she made with her will, rather than with her heart, and she would pay a price for it.

I'm sorry, " I whispered. "I never wanted this for you. This life…I knew it was going to kill me in the end. I wish you didn't have to be here when it finally caught up.

You don't know what would have happened if I hadn't pushed. Nobody knows. I did it the way I did it, and it worked. Above all, it worked.

It is better to die, than dive heart-first, into a pool of love, only knee-high deep.

I was very afraid of failure because if you fail at something you love, then you ruin what you love.

He knew in that moment that falling in love with her would destroy him, and so he decided at once that he would do his damnedest to despise her.

The problem with saying or feeling 'sorry' is that it often comes after the damage is already done. (..........and a damage is a damage, small or big, it always leave an ugly mark on one's soul)

He feared that by leaving her he would ruin her life - so he stayed, and did just that.

Don't make a physical decision on an emotional feeling that will led you to mentally suffering in the end.

Psychology as a science has its limitations, and, as the logical consequence of theology is mysticism, so the ultimate consequence of psychology is love.

Never take the first brick out of the wall unless you know it is meant to fall