Quotes About Dilemma

I didn't want to die, and I didn't want to kill; I didn't want to go to death a murderer with bloody hands. I wanted that more than I didn't want to be a liar. But he was going to die anyway, die worse, and they would all die with him. There were a thousand ways to die, and not all of them were equally as bad.

Life isn't like a novel, you know. In life you have to take sides. And it's clear which side you've chosen.

I'm not sure whether to thank you or report you to the police," he said at last.

The rules make provisions for everything, especially on occasions when one doesn't know what to do.

I'm not sure whether to thank you or report you to the police

If you want freedom, somebody's got to fuck a rat.

chances given, chances not given, chances taken, chances lost. How are you supposed to know which to give, which not?

to certain people there comes a day when they must say the great Yes or the great No...

I know the difference between right and wrong. I understand the rules. But today I feel that the rules have been blurred, because today they were literally on my front doorstep.

What has she done, what has she done? She's cut herself off from people she truly needs. Yet despite the fear of what she's done, she knows it's the right thing. The atmosphere in the apartment was toxic. She had to get away from them, and wasn't it him who was slowly cutting himself off from her?

When the alternative is possible disaster, a man must gamble.

A man must sometimes be forced to make choices, for it is only by his choices that we know what a man truly is.

A man must be forced to choose. It is only when you are forced to choose that you know what is important to you.

Isn't it better to arrest and prosecute a hundred innocent people and catch among them one spy than to let the spy go free?

Better that ten innocent people should suffer," he said, "than one spy get away.

I better tell you before, I know, but I know you don't like. So what I do?

If Hunter hadn't been there, I would've picked up the phone to call Eric. I would've asked him to bring a shovel and come to help me dig a body up. That was what a boyfriend should do, right? But I couldn't leave Hunter alone in the house, and I would've felt terrible if I'd ask Eric to go out in the woods by himself, even though I knew he wouldn't think anything about it. In fact, probably he'd have sent Pam.

I found it harder and harder to stick to what was right, when what was expedient made better sense.

I hated trying to figure out what was best morally, because so often that didn't jibe with my gut reaction.

Lillian is one of those disagreeable people who yet have some redeeming qualities, so that you can't write them off entirely—but you sure wish you could.

However, Arlene's arrival had kind of wiped out my options. I

When I have actors flirting with me in acting, in my head, I am thinking, 'If I flirt back, I could definitely land a film with this guy. If I consider going to his house for drinks, considering he has invited me, I could definitely get a film with him.' But I just don't want to do that.

That's another fine mess you've gotten me into.

Another fine mess you've gotten me into.