Quotes About Doubt

To hear the phrase "our only hope" always makes one anxious, because it means that if the only hope doesn't work, there is nothing left.

To hear the phrase "our only hope" always makes one anxious, because it means that if the only hope doesn't work, there is nothing left.

Even though there are no ways of knowing for sure, there are ways of knowing for pretty sure.

This toast feels raw. Is it safe to eat raw toast?

You may be right,' she said, a phrase which here meant 'I'm wrong, but I don't have the courage to say so.

Nobody wants to hear that you will try your best. It is the wrong thing to say. It is like saying 'I probably won't hit you with a shovel.' Suddenly everyone is afraid you will do the opposite.

All his life, Klaus had believed that if you read enough books, you could solve any problem, but now he wasn't so sure.

The last safe place is safe no more.

There is no way of knowing for sure whether or not you can trust someone, for the simple reason that circumstances change all of the time.

It is my fate that some of my questions will never be answered.

Are you who I think you are?

Nobody knows anything at all. We have no idea what is happening. We are all bewildered. Someone may say that they understand something, to ourselves or to others, but they are wrong, or guessing, or making it up.

You can't believe everything you read.

They can teach you anything. That doesn't mean you learn it. It doesn't mean you believe it.

It felt like the wrong thing to do, standing at the wrong door in the wrong place. We did it anyway. Knowing something is wrong and doing it anyway happens very often in life, and I doubt I will eer know why.

Sometimes you are suspicious because of something, and sometimes you are suspicious because of nothing. This incident began in the library, where I could find nothing good to read. This was suspicious.

It is always better to ask a question than to answer one.

Is the mask working?" she asked me. "How can I tell?" "If you can breath, then it's working.

being skeptical is a good thing for a journalist, because it means you don't completely trust anyone.

Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so

I'm not smart, Snicket. I don't ask the right questions and I never find the right answers.

Cijeli svoj život Klaus je vjerovao da ako ?itaš dovoljno knjiga, možeš riješiti bilo koji problem, no sad više nije bio siguran.

The dark was real, though. It almost always is.

The last safe place may not be a safe place after all.