Quotes About Consequence

Yes. I was, I see now, an asshole who wanted to roll the dice.

Off with his head—so much for Buckingham.

Could it be that this will be my greatest downfall?

Do nothing and there shall be nothing.

You could do nothing in life and remain safe and cushioned or you could do and see all and hurt all too and be remembered far beyond one's own singular being.

The decision took a moment, but it lasted a lifetime

This is no game of thrones, but real endings and real blood.

There is a price for all things.

I don't see why I should be washed as well as hanged," quoth Kit. from "The Memoirs of Jack Chelwood

Skipping school isn't a crime. It's an infraction. They're totally different.

Yeah, it's risky, but no more risky than driving a car.

If I'm still conscious to face the consequences of my actions, then at the very least I will know that my actions were real, thay they indeed had consequences, though my lone life will amount to less than a single click of static in the symphony of the big bang. If my actions were real, then so were my memories, and if those were real, the things I've done have allowed me to see God and I0m not afraid of following my life down that eight-second black rabbit hole.

he's like a gun; once you point him and pull the trigger, it's too late to change your mind.

Thinking you're not in trouble and not being in trouble are two different things.

If you pull it, use it, if you use it, use it to kill.

it wasn't that we had been so brave or bold, but that we'd simply traded one fear for another—afraid of what we were about to do for the fear of what we might not. "How

We followed him to the cut bank of the river and watched as the underside of his truck suddenly became visible. The jump didn't get very far and, as anticipated, the wheels and most of the front of the Toyota sank into the soft mud of the Powder River effectively ending the vehicular portion of George's getaway.

I wondered about all the individuals wandering around out there who were in serious need of the administration of a dreadful ass-kicking and weren't likely to get it.

You would do well to consider this: all men may be brought to evil by what they hold most important, although few are ever made to realize this. For you, however, this truth will henceforth be inescapable, and will ever be a burden. Yet, as with all knowledge, it may also be a source of strength. Face it, use it, and it will make you far greater than any of those who remain in happy ignorance.

I never understood why you would ever feel the need to shoot the fish in the barrel. I mean, they're in a barrel, you've already caught them. The hard work's done, they can't escape. So if you want them dead, just drain the water out. Why bring guns into it?

Psychoanalysis is a remedy for the illness of which it is itself the cause'

If there's hell below, we're all gonna go.

Running into a burning building probably wasn't the smartest move Kenton Lake had ever made. Then again, sadly, it wasn't his dumbest either.

Sometimes, you should be careful what you want in this world.