Quotes About Dilemma

Every story I write starts with a dilemma or a theme. Once I am convinced that this is the issue that is perturbing my thoughts, I start to look for characters capable of representing it.

I came very close to saying no, and I often wonder how things would have turned out if I had. I'm being honest when I say I truly never wanted to become a murderer.

in business doing nothing is often the hardest thing. (And not just in business. Harold Macmillan, prime minister during the Cuban missile crisis, mused then 'on the frightful desire to do something, with the knowledge that not to do anything was prob. the right answer'.)

Sometimes you can't save everyone. Sometimes all you can do... is kill a whole bunch of people.

When all else fails, you can always damn yourself with a necessary evil, for the greater good.

What am I going to do with all these bodies?" Said Jimmy, just a bit plaintively."I can't keep them, I don't have the cupboard space.

I feel so selfish, because I want the best of both worlds. I want to keep the image I've worked so hard to create.

My body urges me to take advantage of the situation, but my brain (the one inside my head) keeps me in check.

Sometimes good men need to do things that aren't good. Right?" I ruffle his hair. Luis is way more innocent than I was at his age. "You know, I think you're gonna be the smartest Fuentes yet, little bro.

Mais il resterait toujours ceci, qui m'empêcherait d'écrire ma vie, et qui est peut-être la véritable raison de mes échecs, c'est que si je disais certaines choses, si je racontais toute la vérité, qui n'est pas toujours belle, certains imputeraient mes criminalités à tous ceux qui m'aident à porter ma peau. Mais si ce n'est pas pour tout dire, à quoi sert de parler ?

I've often thought that my scruples about stealing books were the only thing that stood in the way of my being a really great scholar.

Here's a pretty kettle of fish!

Here's a pretty state of things!Here's a pretty how-de-do!

I was afraid of it, because I liked it. It excited me.

I don't know which is worse - to have somebody you DON'T like ask you to marry him or NOT have some one you DO like. Both are rather unpleasant.

My love of dynamic complications often led me to avoid simplicity when perhaps it was the wisest choice.

His mind scolded him for his stupidity and urged him to forget her but his heart had no justifications for its stand. It remained unmoved, its solidarity unaffected, its arrogance still holding.

I'd love to change the world, but I don't know what to do

You've always been my best friend, my soul mate, and now I've fallen in love with you too. Why is that such a crime?

I love nature but against my better judgment.

Which would prove I'm a monster, Arnie? Sacrificing the people I love for the fight? Or walking away from the fight to save the people i love?

I, um, I have this problem. I broke up with my boyfriend, you see. And I'm pretty upset about it, so I wanted to talk to my best friend. [...] The thing is, they're both you.

Lord, how great is our dilemma! In Thy Presence silence best becomes us, yet love inflames our hearts and constrains us to speak.

Do I love him? Yes. But when the final battle comes, I'll have to kill him. That's just our reality. We both know exactly where we stand."- Francesca