Quotes About Uncertainty

It was frightening to realize how fast things could go wrong.

I think that's how life works. Just when you think you have it all set up and perfectly arranged, someone sneezes, or God blows on it, and all the building blocks come tumbling down.

and didn't know her own mind, but

there in bed, wondering why she hadn't moved out

And Lily didn't have many illusions that he'd be faithful to her while she was in rehab for four months, but he hadn't broken up with her, so as far as she knew they were still dating, whatever that meant now.

would have been out of a job, so

sure they were going to. In her mind, the jury was still out as to whether she would sleep with him, or they would stay friends.

what would have happened if he had come back

we break up over this? I don't think

happened. And yet, why did she feel

She felt like she was leaving home, and had no idea when she'd be back again, if ever.

maybe sometimes it's riskier not to take a risk. Sometimes all you're guaranteeing is that things will stay the same.

Take the stupidest thing you've ever done. At least it's done. It's over. It's gone. We can all learn from our mistakes and heal and move on. But it's harder to learn or heal or move on from something that hasn't happened; something we don't know and is therefore indefinable; something which could very easily have been the best thing in our lives, if only we'd taken the plunge, if only we'd held our breath and stood up and done it, if only we'd said yes.

Because the one thing I hate about hope - the one thing I despise about it, that no one ever seems to admit about it- is that suddenly having hope is the easiest route to sudden hopelessness there is.

So few of our days contain actions that are irrevocable. Our lives are designed not to allow for anything irrevocable. The school part of our lives continues to be the school part for eighteen years, the work parts stay the work parts, and if we're lucky nothing disarranges them; the small inconsistencies get buried under talk, explanations, rescheduling. If everything couldn't continue as planned, no real plans could be made.

Destiny is a tower of cards - nudge one just an inch and everything stacked on top comes crashing down. P116

Doubt finds its way into all men's hearts.

Did you hear it? Just about, I said, trembling nervously. That's not good enough. She frowned. Just about will kill you.

This is crazy. We're standing here, talking about nuclear bombs being dropped on Carcery Vale. It's insane.

I hope we meet again, said Ramman. I do too, Tel Hesani said, then added underneath his breath, Although I fear it won't be in this world.

There are some things in life we can never understand, things we are better off not understanding.

Two strong futures lie ahead, each as possible as the other. It's rare for fate to boil down to two such evenly matched eventualities. Normally the paths of the future are many. When two exist like this, chance decides which the world will take.

Towards dawn, as we were making camp, Vancha suddenly burst out laughing. Look at us! he hooted, as we stared at him uncertainly. We've been moping all night like four sad souls at a funeral. What idiots we've been! You think it amusing to have a death sentence imposed on us, Sire? Mr. Crepsley asked archly. Charna's guts! Vancha cursed. The sentence has been there since the start — all that's changed is that we know about it! A little knowledge is a... dangerous thing, Harkat muttered.

Maybe I should end it all before I regress.