Quotes About Uncertainty

It was going to take a lot to convince her that he was a good idea, although he was pretty sure her body might've already made its decision. He had no idea what it would take to persuade the rest of her.

He had no idea what it was about her that got beneath his guard, and he couldn't quite say he liked it, but somehow he liked her, which couldn't be good for either of them.

I've learned that life is a crapshoot, and at any moment someone can walk into it and change it forever.

Every time they so much as looked at each other, the air crackled. He hadn't yet decided if that was good or bad, but he was definitely leaning towards bad.

She had no experience of crushing on someone like that. She hadn't realized before how frightening it was to look a dream in the face. To realize how much it could change you live, and how much it could demand of you.

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality. Albert Einstein

It seems that no matter how hard we try, or how unreasonable the resulting definition of reality, we just cannot avoid having to invoke the collapse of the wavefunction.

Life would be unbearably dull if we had answers to all our questions.

You think this is going to work? This peaceful summit thing?" "Sure," I said. After a second, I added, "Probably." "Probably?" "Maybe," I said. "We're down to maybe now?" I shrugged. "We'll see.

You can't plan for everything or you never get started in the first place.

My brief flash of relief and confidence melted away. Good thing it did, too. I'm sure the world would come to an end if I were allowed to feel a sense of relief and well-being for any length of time.

I got the sneaking suspicion that the vampire was a couple of Peeps short of an Easter basket.

I'm lost. I know every step I took to get here, and I'm still lost.

Got to die of something, Giraldi observed. Might as well put back a few pints while you wait to see what it is.

Why is it that you've never got the least goddamned clue what's happening inside your own head. Have you ever noticed this trend? Doesn't it bug you sometimes?

We're all so damned fragile.

I leaned my head back on the couch and closed my eyes. I'm not sure what to do next. How are you as a sounding board? I can look interested and nod at appropriate moments, he said. Good enough, I said.

Insecurity, thy name is teenager.

Life is not notable for its overabundance of certainty.

There is hinkiness afoot with regard to my, ah, disposition.

Like life is short," he said. "Like you don't know when it's going to end. Like some things, left unsaid, can't ever be said.

Who am I? What have I done with my life? Who can I trust? That last one is a doozy. It haunts you in moments of doubt. Sometimes when you wake up at night, you wonder if you've put your faith in the right people. Sometimes when you find yourself alone, for whatever reason, you review every little thing you know about someone, searching your memory for small, subtle things you may have missed about them.

Empty night, Harry. Didn't your little adventure in the lake teach you a damned thing? I scowled some more. Like what? Like life is short, he [Thomas] said. Like you don't know when it's going to end. Like some things, left unsaid, can't ever be said.

Ah, well. There was no sense in brooding over it. Life never stays the same. There's always some kind of curveball coming at you. Nothing to do but swing away.