Quotes About Uncertainty

Jack just needed to play his cards right. What was it Penny had said? The Meyers would be incomparable poker players, if only they gambled. Well, Jack was gambling, all right. Reuben could only hope he was good enough.

There's a limited number of Messengers, you see, and no guarantee that any will stay a Messenger.

Why, then, do you think the white player might have done it?" Reynie considered. He imagined himself moving out his knight only to bring it right back to where it started. Why would he ever do such a thing? At last he said, "Perhaps because he doubted himself.

History was about to be made. Or, if not actually made, then torn apart.

No word from Max saying whether he was definitely going to come and see me, let alone what time and for how long. As usual he just took it for granted that I would hang about the house all day waiting for him. Clearly nature intended him to be a delivery man, not a university lecturer.

When in danger or in doubt hoist the sail and fuck off out. . . .

Professional sports are something they can't control.

È terribile quando il nostro destino dipende dal capriccio di un'unica persona.

You know those days when you've got the mean reds.... the blues are because you're getting fat or maybe it's been raining too long. You're sad, that's all. But the mean reds are horrible. You're afraid and you sweat like hell, but you don't know what you're afraid of. Except something bad is going to happen, only you don't know what it is.

The two things I was positive about in life were that I was going to be a teacher at a boarding school or an operative with the CIA posted abroad. I could write a book about all the things I was sure about.

I could never kill myself. What if it doesn't work. Then I'll have failed at the only thing that could save me from my failures. Where do you go from there?

This papaya tastes boring. I guess I normally like papaya. But this one is sort of boring all the way through. Like eating water. Boring water. I wonder when it will be sun time. Maybe I should try a different papaya after this one. But what if the next papaya is boring, too?

Um," Starflight said as a horrifying thought struck him. "There's no chance this volcano is about to erupt, is there?

It doesn't mean anything, this twisting feeling in my chest.

That's what I'd like to know," she said.

Qibli was expecting Turtle to do something, and Turtle had a bad feeling that "something" wasn't "Turtle flying all the way back to the Kingdom of the Sea, finding a deep trench, and staying there forever.

Are we — um, does this mean —

I mean, really, universe … what's the worst that could happen?

Hmmm,' she said. 'How long do you think it'll last?' 'How would I know?!

Most of them were ruining the effect by peering at the spears with mystified expressions, or holding them upside down.

She'll be all right, Darkstalker thought. A thousand futures dropped away before him as he made his first choice. Futures where his sister joined his quest for power; futures where she fought him and stopped him; futures where they were best friends; futures where one of them killed the other, or vice versa. As Darkstalker folded his talons together, choosing to keep them still for tonight, every possible future with a thrice-moonborn sister disappeared.

Why make her feel so useless — if we're all useless? Because it is real. It has to be. But how can I prove it?

He turned toward Fathom with his wings spread wide, as if looking for reassurance, and found Fathom pointing the soul reader at him.

Could they possibly make it there before dawn? Even if they did, would there be anywhere else to hide as safe as the sinkhole?