Quotes About Uncertainty

That's what makes it a good photograph. You think you know what's going on in her head. but the truth? No matter how good a photograph is, you can never tell what's going on in the person's mind. There's no way to get from here to there.

I knew I should have call Jack, should have told him...but I didn't. Not yet. I was afraid of him thinking that I was crazy, too. I wasn't sure what he'd do if he saw me drowning. I wasn't sure he'd save me unless he was saving himself. what he'd say.

There has to be a moment at the beginning when you wonder whether you're in love with the person or in love with the feeling of love itself. If the moment doesn't pass, that's it -- you're done. And if the moment does pass, it never goes that far. It stands in the distance, ready for whenever you want it back. Sometimes it's even there when you thought you were searching for something else, like an escape route, or your lover's face.

Perhaps it never happened. Perhaps it happened while I was asleep. Most likely, there's no signal event. There's just the steady accumulation of 'awhile'.

I fear you may have outmatched me, because now I find these words have nowhere to go. It's hard to answer a question you haven't been asked. It's hard to show that you tried unless you end up succeeding.

They have left the first stage of romance—the rhapsody of us. Where everything is you-me or me-you or a giddily tentative we. Now him and her are asserting themselves, each given a private, pensive depth. Within the rhapsody of us, Elijah could think, I don't really know you, but I will. Now he is not so sure.

jed talks about the foreseeable future and how little there is that we can foresee.

notice how fickle things can be now I'm better, now I'm worse nowhere is it written how to deal with this

before I can ask you what's going on, you tell me there's something we need to talk about. This is it, the moment before you tell me the precise thing I don't want to know. Is this the zenith? This last moment of ignorance? Or does it come much later?

You never asked what my anthem was. But that's okay, because I still don't know what I'd answer.

There has to be a moment at the beginning when you wonder whether you're in love with the person or in love with the feeling of love itself. If the moment doesn't pass, that's it-- you're done. And if the moment does pass, it never goes far. It stands in the distance, ready for whenever you want it back. Sometimes it's even there when you thought you were searching for something else, like an escape route, or your lover's face.

Maybe this is what alone really is—finding out how tiny your world is, and not knowing how to get anywhere else. I

Persevere, v. Those first few weeks, after you told me, I wasn`t sure we were going to make it. After working for so long on being sure of each other, sure of this thing, suddenly we were unsure again. I didn`t know whether or to touch you, sleep with you, have sex with you. Finally, I said, "It`s over." You started to cry, and I quickly said, "No – I mean this part is over. We have to get to the next part.

But love needs to have a future. And Sofia and I don't have a future. We've just had a good time sharing the present, that all.' 'You really think love needs to have a future?' 'Absolutely.

I mean, what if love isn't a yes-or-no question? It's not either you're in love or you're not.

Nós vamos encontrar um jeito - respondo. - Isso não é uma resposta. É uma esperança. - A esperança nos trouxe até aqui. Não as respostas.

We both stay there, on our tightrope. Not looking down, but not moving, either.

I am in love with someone who's afraid of the future. And like a fool, I keep bringing it up.

If I had been the same age. If I had gone to the same school. If I was in that room right now. There's no way to know if we would have lasted. There's no way to be sure, and plenty of reason to doubt it. I just wish I'd had the chance. That is one of the things I miss the most- the chance to make it work.

School is school- she wants it to be over, but she's afraid of it being over, because then she'll have to figure out what comes next.

I told him I wasn't feeling well. When what I meant was that I'm feeling uneasy. Uncertain. Calling everything into question and wanting to bend it into the answer I want. I don't think that in itself is love. But it can definitely be a side effect -Rhiannon

No tengo narices a decirle que esa es la manera incorrecta de afrontar la vida. Siempre va a haber más preguntas. Cada respuesta desemboca en más preguntas. La única manera de sobrevivir es dejar alguna sin respuesta

i said 'i don't know' because that had become my answer to everything.

She said moments like this were like waking up in the middle of the night: You're scared, you're disoriented, and you're completely convinced you're right. But then you stay awake a little longer and you realize things aren't as fearful as they seem." Excerpt From: David Levithan. "The Lover's Dictionary." iBooks.