Quotes About Decision

El conflicto estalla entre la moral del artista y la moral de la sociedad, no entre la estética y la moral. Pero a menudo esto no es comprendido; y entonces aparece la pérdida, la tragedia. Un artista que roba pinturas de una tienda, por ejemplo, se imagina haber tomado una decisión inevitable pero inmortal y luego se ve a sí mismo como caído en desgracia

Darkness had been essentially banished from the Earth. It had become a choice.

This is a young one, an innocent one, and I'll make the decision as to whether he survives or not.

Si alguna vez estás dispuesto a vender tu alma, no te molestes en vendérsela a otro ser humano. Es un mal negocio, no vale la pena ni tenerlo en cuenta.

Did I love this child too much to do what I planned to do?

I wish I could say no. On this night of all nights, I wish I could say no.

If you live by your conscience you do what you want.

Talvolta bisogna rinunciare a quel che si ama per sopravvivere.» Takashi le lasciò la mano. «Hai mai dovuto farlo?» Lui si voltò a guardarla per un tempo talmente lungo che sarebbe potuto essere pericoloso, ma sembrava avere una sorta di sesto senso quando si trattava del traffico. «Sto per farlo adesso» replicò.

would toss a mission in favor of a woman's life.

He's a dope. She's crazy about him, he's in love with her, and yet he's being all noble and leaving her. He's a fathead.

If I know Mom,' she said, 'she'd have refused any surgery anyhow.' 'It's true,' Amanda said. 'Her advance directive basically asked us to put her out on an ice floe if she developed so much as a hangnail.

The expressway would have been smoother, not to mention faster, but her father didn't like merging.

Mom? Was there a certain conscious point in your life when you decided to settle for being ordinary?' 

Willa said, "What…?" Then she said, "You're starting your job this June, though." "Right." "You want to get married in two months?" "Or it could be three, if you need more time to plan the wedding," he said. "You mean before I finish school?" "You can finish in California." "But at Kinney I have a full scholarship!" "So? You could get a scholarship in California, too.

The trouble is I'm reversible. You're hardly alive if you're reversible as I am.......But the irreversible people' they get some place. Good or bad.

Coming here had not been a mistake. Willa couldn't say exactly how she knew that, but she did.

she wants to wait till she graduates although me, I'm thinking this summer would be good; I mean, she could finish school in California just as well as at Kinney, so I'm hoping to talk her around, but in any case

He must have been thinking about this ahead of time. He must have consciously decided he wanted her, and imagined how it would be. The knowledge made her feel mysterious and desirable and grown-up.

just meant I had to get up the next morning and tell Denise, 'Don't fix any breakfast for me; I'm moving out

But Willa said, "Talk what through? I'm marrying him and that's that.

I have since wondered, of course, how my life would have been different if I'd decided to stay home that morning. This is what's called the enigma of history, and it can drive you out of your mind if you let it.

You're right, Jottie, but what good is it? Rightness is nothing. You can't live on it. You might as well eat ashes. I glanced at Father, his bloodshot eyes and the stain on his pants. I loved him so. Once more, I tried to explain. This is all we can do; it's all we're allowed. We can't go back. The only thing time leaves for us to decide -- I picked up Father's hand and held it tight-- is whether or not we're going to hate each other.

That meant that Nancy was the grown-up, the one who got to decide everything. And it meant that Bean was the little, boring, poopy baby who didn't get to decide anything.

He judged the instant and let go; he flung himself loose into the stars.