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Quotes About Doubt

Dear Friend - You are like God. We pray to Him, & He answers No Then we pray to Him to rescind the No, & He don't answer at all ...
~ Emily Dickinson
Love is immortality Che sempre amai questo ti sia di prova: che per quanto abbia amato Non ho vissuto abbastanza. Che amerò sempre te lo assicuro, l'amore è vita - e la vita è immortale. Dubiti ancora, Amore? Ecco, allora non ho altro da mostrare che il mio Calvario.
~ Emily Dickinson
My worthiness is all my doubt, His merit all my fear, Contrasting which, my qualities Do lowlier appear ; Lest I should insufficient prove For his beloved need, The chiefest apprehension Within my loving creed. So I, the undivine abode Of his elect content, Conform my soul as 't were a church Unto her sacrament.
~ Emily Dickinson
I never spoke with God
~ Emily Dickinson
Will there really be a Morning? Is there such a thing as Day? Could I see it from the mountains If I were as tall as they? Has it feet like Water lilies? Has it feathers like a Bird? Is it brought from famous countries Of which I have never heard? Oh some Scholar! Oh some Sailor! Oh some Wise Men from the skies! Please to tell a little Pilgrim Where the place called Morning lies!
~ Emily Dickinson
You can love someone you mistrust.
~ Emily Giffin
He threw in the towel before we were tested. Maybe because he didn't want to be tested. Maybe because he assumed we would fail. Maybe because, at the time, he just didn't love me enough.
~ Emily Giffin
Sure, we were friends who exchanged soulful glances, friends who slept in a bed filled with sexual tension, friends who found any excuse to touch, but I worried that we'd never take that perilous leap of faith toward becoming a real couple, a permanent team.
~ Emily Giffin
Looking back, I question whether I really loved Nate, or just the security of our relationship. I wonder if my feelings for him didn't have a lot to do with hating my job. From the bar exam through that first hellish year as an associate, Nate was my escape. And sometimes that can feel an awful lot like love.
~ Emily Giffin
It's not that simple or clear-cut - and I wonder if it ever is when it comes to matters of the heart.
~ Emily Giffin
You can never be too sure when it comes to things that matter most
~ Emily Giffin
and more important, did he love me as much as he once loved me?
~ Emily Giffin
although the truth is, I'm not quite sure how I feel.
~ Emily Giffin
Would they retreat or move forward? Could they do this thing they were on the verge of doing? Did they have it in them to make a wrong decision just because it felt right?
~ Emily Giffin
That although I love Nick, on most days I don't think he lassoed the moon
~ Emily Giffin
I ever stop loving him the way you're supposed to stop loving everyone but the one you're with? If the answer is no, then will the lapse of time or a change of geography really fix the problem? And regardless of the answer, what does the mere question say about my relationship with Andy?
~ Emily Giffin
I still find myself reaching out and knocking twice on our wooden cutting board. Because you can never be too sure when it comes to the things that matter most.
~ Emily Giffin
So much of how we see the world is the matter of interpretation. A matter of wishing and hoping rather than really deep-down believing.
~ Emily Giffin
elated.") And anytime he had to question someone's loyalty.
~ Emily Giffin
But I still remained paralyzed by indecision, reluctance, and endless second-guessing...
~ Emily Giffin
And although I no longer identified with the stringency or dogma of organized Christian religion, I remained drawn to the compassion and sense of community that still existed in houses of worship.
~ Emily Rapp
I love you like my own sister. Which is why I won't hesitate to tell you that I don't believe it.
~ Emma Bull
You're not afraid of monsters, are you?" It depends on the monster, if it's a real one or not and if it's where I am.
~ Emma Donoghue
Our faith stands like an island,' he proclaims, 'lashed by a sea of doubt.
~ Emma Donoghue