Quotes About Doubt

Many of the men we wanted were used to living in cities or near large metropolitan areas and were a bit dubious about the prospects of life in a remote, sparsely populated area. We had somewhat similar trouble with the engineering people, although they were not so concerned at being isolated.

It was a mistake, you said. But the cruel thing was, it felt like the mistake was mine, for trusting you." ? David Levithan, The Lover's Dictionary

If you really think there's a Santa, why don't you sit on the front steps all night in the freezing cold and see if he climbs down any chimneys tonight. Good luck. And since we're a family that isn't lucky enough to have a chimney, how would Santa get into our house? Does he bring a locksmith with him? And it probably would have to be a Jewish locksmith, because a Christian locksmith is going to want to be home with his family. And how many Jewish locksmiths are there? None.

sometimes i wonder does god just not care are is he to busy ignoring your prayers

If you set to work to believe everything, you will tire out the believing-muscles of your mind, and then you'll be so weak you won't be able to believe the simplest true things.

Alice: This is impossible. The Mad Hatter: Only if you believe it is.

I don't believe there's an atom of meaning in it.

I don't know the meaning of half those long words, and, what's more, I don't believe you do either!

Antipathies, I think--' (she was rather glad there WAS no one listening, this time, as it didn't sound at all the right word) '--but I shall have to ask them what the name of the country is, you know. Please, Ma'am, is this New Zealand or Australia?

If I wasn't real,' Alice said—half-laughing through her tears, it all seemed so ridiculous—'I shouldn't be able to cry.' 'I hope you don't suppose those are real tears?' Tweedledum interrupted in a tone of great contempt.

and what an ignorant little girl she'll think me for asking!No,it'll never do to ask:perhaps I shall see it written up somewhere.

Sometimes things that look safe, turn out nasty, and things that look nasty, turn out safe.

This is impossible, Only if you believe it is.

It's easy to fall away from the church, no matter the closeness to it in times past. I have done it. So have you. Grown people can do as they please. The 10:30 Sunday morning movie is even an excuse I use. So are Saturday nights that should have ended a lot earlier.

I fear I will always have to chase the things I want. I'll always have to wonder whether I'm truly wanted or whether I've just been settled for.

Because you can't keep up the illusion forever, I say. No one has that much magic.

If God has nothing better to do than punish schoolgirls for a bit of tomfoolery, then I've no use for God.

I know I've done the right thing but I couldn't feel worse about it, and I suppose that is part of what it is to lead.

Okay. That's fair. Abso-tive-ly fair. Let's say the tables were turned. If I were about to walk off a cliff, what would you do?" Evie pursed her lips. "Push?" "I don't believe that." "You would on the way down.

Yes, go on. Leave. You're always coming and going. The rest of us are stuck here. Do you think he'd still love you if he knew who you are? He doesn't really care—only when it suits him.

It's over, her mind whispered. There's still hope, her heart insisted.

Careful there, Poet. I might start to believe you.

What do I want? Why is that simple question - four little words - so impossible to answer?

Even Evie believed in something, that something being Evie a lot of the time.