Quotes About Decision

Everything she did had a purpose, and though she believed she was keeping her life orderly in this way, she now realized that it had been a mistake. It

Realizing that if she quit now, she would always wonder what would happened. And she didn't think she could live with that.

Please, Lord, tell me what to do! "Mom?" I said later that night. "Yes?" We were sitting on the sofa in the den, the fire blazing before

The candles burned lower, and they poured the last of the wine into their glasses, both aware that they were sitting across from a person who just might change the course of their lives forever if they weren't careful. pg. 175

how do you look at the girl you love and tell yourself it's time to go away ?

You made the decision, not I, and every decision has consequences. You have to take responsibility for the choices you make.

Until yesterday, had someone even suggested that she go out with a guy with his past, she would have laughed aloud or - more likely - been offended. She should have simply said good-bye after he'd walked her to her car last night. The very Idea of the two of them going out today was absurd, and yet. . . she had asked him , and she had trouble remembering exactly how that had happened or what she'd been thinking. And yet, Colin was. . . magnetic

Creo que puedes hacer lo que quieras. Al final, cada uno vive la vida que ha elegido vivir.

She looked directly at me. "You're a great father, Russ. I know that now. If you're willing to move to Atlanta like Marge said, and you want to split time with London, I think we can probably figure something out." Which is exactly

Choice is always performed against a background of habit.

One French guy at a bar wanted several of us to faire le parachutisme. He said it was easy, you just jumped out of a plane. It sounded very exciting but no, thank you. He said I'm not a homo. I said it's not a question of whether or not you're a homo, I just don't want to jump out of a plane.

I used to believe, although I don't now, that growing and growing up are analogous, that both are inevitable and uncontrollable processes. Now it seems to me that growing up is governed by the will, that one can choose to become an adult, but only at given moments. These moments come along fairly infrequently -during crises in relationships, for example, or when one has been given the chance to start afresh somewhere- and one can ignore them or seize them.

because dangling your legs over the precipice is nothing unless you're prepared to go that extra two inches, and none of us had been. We could tell each other and ourselves something different -- oh, I would have done it if she hadn't been there or he hadn't been there or if someone hadn't sat on my head -- but that fact of the matter was that we were all still around, and we'd all had ample opportunity not to be.

Is it possible to want to divorce a man simply because he doesn't want to be rude about Ginger Spice? I rather fear it might be.

You're my easy life option. The moment you stop being that, you're no option at all.

Nobody should have children just because it made the photo library on the computer more interesting.

Anyway, all I'm saying is that there was this time--maybe it was a day, maybe a few days, I can't remember now--when everything seemed to have come together. And so obviously it was time to go and screw it all up.

I decided, on the spot, to let God into my heart, in the hope that my newfound faith can somehow be used as a vicious weapon in the marital war.

Quasi tutta la gente ha una corda che la lega a qualcuno, e la corda può essere corta, oppure lunga. È che tu non lo sai quanto è lunga. Non è tua la scelta.

She regretted the explanation immediately, but that was because she always regretted everything

Being at the top of your career was like being at the top of a Ferris wheel: you knew that you had to keep moving, and you knew which way you were going. You had no choice.

wished she didn't spend so much time worrying about the end of it all, but she couldn't help it. Being at the top of your career was like being at the top of a Ferris wheel: you knew that you had to keep moving, and you knew which way you were going. You had no choice.

How can it be bollocks to state a preference?" I ask. "If it's the wrong preference, it's bollocks.

Sapete com'è quando si hanno dei figli. Di loro si pensa il peggio solo quando non c'è scelta.