Quotes About Doubt

It is a terrible thing to interrogate the shadow. Who knows what its reply will be?

With nihilism, no discussion is possible; for the nihilist logic doubts the existence of its interlocutor, and is not quite sure that it exists itself.

A faith; this is a necessity for man. Woe to him who believes nothing.

Desconfiemos. El pasado tiene un rostro : la superstición, y una máscara : la hipocresía. Denunciemos el rostro y arranquemos la máscara.

but that shadow self of hers wasn't so sure. The ugly, toxic thought was smaller than a drop of blood, yet it poisoned the entire stream.

now? I don't know the right thing to do anymore. I want to protect Sophie and keep her safe, but what good is safety if she has to grow up in a world where people disappear without a trace because they pray to a different God? If I am arrested . .

It can't be true," she said. "The worst can always be true," Papa said grimly.

She wanted to pray, but her faith felt far away, the remnant of another woman's life.

There's no why to trust. It either is or isn't.

Another promise made by a man who'd kept too few.

The most amazing part of this science-fiction moment was that her mother actually believed what she just said.

You never know if a book is going to succeed or fail, so what matters ultimately is how you feel about it and whether you, the author, are willing to bet the farm on this novel.

Now she knew better, of course. For more than a year she'd been telling herself it was okay, that she could go on without a best friend. Sometimes she even believed it.

She tried to take strength from that, to truly believe it, but hope was becoming difficult to hold on to. Each passing day had sanded her down, weakened the walls of her denial; in places, fear called itself truth and poked through.

Promises were a lot like impressions. The second one didn't count for much.

There's no why to trust. It either is or isn't. Will you trust me?

It wouldn't hurt you to be afraid, you know.

theology was never my strong suit. Pretty much everything I know about religion comes from Jesus Christ Superstar.

The worst can always be true

I'm not a brave woman." "And yet here you are, standing at the edge of battle.

don't believe in love. Or marriage.

Had she made a mistake in bringing them here? They'd given up everything they'd known and loved to start over here, but what if there was no new beginning here? What if it was just the same hardship and hunger they'd left behind? Or worse?

No one bruised as easily as a believer.

on a cough, but of course there was