Quotes About Uncertainty

A man rarely knows the day and hour when he will die. I could be killed at any moment, and there's not a blasted thing I can do about it. What will happen will happen, and I won't waste the time I have aboveground worrying. Misfortune always comes to those who wait. The trick is to find happiness in the brief gaps between disasters.

There are no safe paths anymore

El futuro será el que tenga que ser, y preocupándote por él solo aumentarás la probabilidad de que tus miedos se hagan realidad.

What are those?" he asked.

philosophic questioning is just as likely to make you confused and depressed as it is to improve your condition.

Perhaps no one religion contains all the truth of the world. Perhaps every religion contains fragments of the truth and it is our responsibility to identify those fragments and piece them together. Or perhaps the elves are right and there are no gods. But how can I know for sure? - Pg 479 Brisingr

The only thing she could be certain of was that she existed. All else was suspect, even her own thoughts.

I find myself wondering if I have made the right decision.

The universe is spinning apart: a pinwheel driven to the point of failure. Darkness and emptiness, and what matters still?

Life was the most dangerous thing there was.

If you're looking for guarantees in life, you're going to be sorely disappointed.

Die Zukunft kann uns nur dann etwas anhaben, wenn wir uns zu große Sorgen machen.

Christopher Paolini

side to side. It does not surprise me, though. Always this happens; whenever Eragon and I part, someone attacks him. It's gotten so it makes my scales itch to let him out of my sight for more than a few hours. He's more than capable of defending himself. True, but our enemies are not without skill either. Impatient, Saphira shifted her stance, raising her wings even higher. Nasuada, I am eager to be gone. Is there anything else I should know? No, said Nasuada. Fly swift and

But what will they want us to do once we are in their grasp? Will they respect the Varden's pact with the elves and send us to Ellesméra for training, or command otherwise? Jörmundur strikes me as an honorable man, but the rest of the council? I can't tell.

There's no such thing as safety. Only degrees of risk.

Sometimes the universe decided to rip apart your life and stomp on the pieces, and there wasn't a damn thing you could do about it except say, "Now what?

As she had learned, sometimes you had to make a choice, any choice, even when it wasn't clear which path was the right one.

For an instant, she was certain she was dead, but … the universe continued to exist. She continued to exist.

Sometimes the universe decided to rip apart your life and stomp on the pieces, and there wasn't a damn thing you could do about it except say, Now what?

The physics are simple in theory, but in practice they are filled with the possibility for limitless error.

Yet, ironically, it is her very wretchedness that makes me pity her so. I don't know what's wrong with me. I don't know what to do!

We all die. It's just a question of when and how horrible it's going to be.

Alone in my room, I don't feel alone. It's as if I have two shadows instead of one, and this second shadow doesn't conform to my movements. It follows me, it gives the impression it will never leave me, but it does what it wants. I worry that in time I will do what it wants.