Quotes About Doubt

vagary, n. The mistake is in thinking there can be an antidote to the uncertainty.

We wish we could show you the world as it sleeps. Then you'd never have any doubt about how similar, how trusting, how astounding and vulnerable we all are.

I have seen this too many times before. The unwarranted devotion. Putting up with the fear of being with the wrong person because you can't deal with the fear of being alone. The hope tinged with doubt, and the doubt tinged with hope.

There has to be a moment at the beginning when you wonder whether you're in love with the person or in love with the feeling of love itself.

I couldn't fault her for believing, because I had to imagine i was nice to have that illusion still intact.

I don't want to throw everything away for something uncertain.

I'm always standing on the edge of something bad.

In the darkest part of our hearts, we used to think that maybe they were right. We don't think that anymore.

dumbfounded , adj . And still, for all the jealousy, all the doubt, sometimes I will be struck with a kind of awe that we're together. That someone like me could findsomeone like you — it renders me wordless. Because surely words would conspire against such luck, would protest the unlikelihood of such a turnof events.

It was rather awkward, insofar as we were both teetering between the possibility of something and the possibility of nothing.

The unwarranted devotion. Putting up with the fear of being with the wrong person because you can't deal with the fear of being alone.

The older you get, the wiser you are - this is true. But you also question what use this wisdom is.y

I mean, being with someone for over a year can mean that you love them… but it can also mean you're trapped.

We never figured out whether I need to be more reassuring or if he just needs reassurance too much. We both try to readjust our settings to make it okay

seriously, is this what the rest of my life is going to be? i don't think i signed up for this.

want to see you, but I'm not sure if we should do that. I want to hear about what's going on, but I'm afraid that will only start everything again. I love you—I do—but I am afraid of making that love too important. Because you're always going to leave me, A. We can't deny it. You're always going to leave.

You never told me what you saw in him, not convincingly.

Persevere, v. Those first few weeks, after you told me, I wasn`t sure we were going to make it. After working for so long on being sure of each other, sure of this thing, suddenly we were unsure again. I didn`t know whether or ot to touch you, sleep with you, have sex with you. Finally, I said, "It`s over." You started to cry, and I quickly said, "No – I mean this part is over. We have to get to the next part.

They had their beliefs, and those beliefs were stronger than any belief they had in him.

I didn't tell any of my friends about our first date. I waited until after our second, because I wanted to make sure it was real. I wouldn't believe it had happened until it had happened again. Then, later on, I would be overwhelmed by the evidence, by all the lines connecting you to me, and us to love.

There were only two options—something was wrong with everyone else, or something was wrong with me. Because either they were tricking themselves into thinking there was a tomorrow together, or I was the only person who was leaving.

O Lord, as I walk through the valley of the shadow of doubt, at least let me wear a Walkman...

I don't want to throw everything away for something uncertain.

being with someone for over a year can mean that you love them … but it can also mean you're trapped.