Quotes About Uncertainty

Noncommittal is rampant among the committed.

Maybe that had been his plan all along, or maybe not. But one thing's for certain- now that I had said it, it was his plan.

I know all that is possible to know, and it is increasingly unbearable. Because I know next to nothing

Here is where they send in interrogators to ask her questions. "How many kids are in the Graveyard?" "A bunch." "Who sends your supplies?" "George Washington. Or is it Abraham Lincoln? I forget." "How often do you receive new arrivals?" "About as often as you beat your wife.

Forse siamo come una moneta in bilico

I know it's all true, but I can never prove what happens to people I don't know in places I can't see.

Everything feels right with the world, and the sad thing is that I know it's a dream. I know it must soon end, and when it does I will be thrust awake into a place where either I'm broken, or the world is broken.

My own head had become a treacherous place.

The devil you know is better than the one you don't.

Hidupnya seperti lapangan bola, bukan? Selalu penuh garis, struktur, dan peraturan, tak pernah berubah. Tapi sekarang dia sudah dilambungkan melewati dinding memasuki wilayah tak dikenal. [P. 118]

If I'm a shining star, let's hope I don't blow up.

No outcome is certain, even when it seems so. Fates can change with the swing of a bat, or the flip of a switch, or the closing of a circuit. It all came down to how far you dared to go to accomplish what the world thinks can't be done.

But the feeling is there, like a wind at your back on the edge of a cliff, gently urging you. What if... What if...

Would she do it if he asked? Definitely not. Probably not. Maybe not.

Now he was so deep in his own unsavorism, he wasn't quite sure he wanted to come up for air.

Why must everyone always ask me what I believe in? Why must I believe in anything at all right now? Can't I just have some time to think about it first?

But yes, it is sad to live and die without knowing the truth of one's existence. Only sad to us, however. Not to them.

The terror of the unknown was just as awful, and just as real, regardless of whether or not there was truly something to fear. -Scythe Goddard

Somewhere behind Anastasia, Scythe Asimov summed it up best. We have just entered the worst of all possible worlds.

A month ago, Rowan would have denied that he could ever become such a monster, but now he wasn't so sure. The pressure to surrender was greater every day. He had to hope that if Volta had never truly surrendered to the darkness, then maybe he might stand a chance as well.

I feel bad for you," Citra said. "Even when you're food shopping, death is hiding right behind the milk.

Bottom line: I don't believe anyone who says they got the answers to society's ills because society's ills mutate faster than the flu

But fate is a freak when it comes to messing with your future in ways you don't see coming.

Je questionnai l'un de ces hommes, et je lui demandai où ils allaient ainsi. Il me répondit qu'il n'en savait rien, ni lui, ni les autres ; mais qu'évidemment ils allaient quelque part, puisqu'ils étaient poussés par un invincible besoin de marcher.