Quotes About Uncertainty

in a universe in which events are uncertain and perception is fallible, knowing cannot be a matter of an individual mind 'mirroring' reality. Each mind reflects differently—even the same mind reflects differently at different moments—and in any case reality doesn't stand still long enough to be accurately mirrored … knowledge must therefore be social.

als ge de roman vergelijkt met het Leven ziet ge dat het niet veel meer is dan lap-en-vliegwerk, en heeft het de meer dan frappante gelijkenis met de acrobatie van de clown die de koorddanser achternakomt, maar ginds in de hoge nok van het cirkus, al wankelend en al bewust gekke gebaren makend, eveneens plots kan uitglijden ...

Op de slaapkamer sloten we voor alle veiligheid en vuiligheid de deur af, want je kàn nooit weten. Daar kleedde ook hij zich helemaal uit, als een naakte God, en toen ik z'n wiebel zoende stond die te trillen van aandoening.(...)

Live life to the fullest because everything else is uncertain

I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.

I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.

A reasonable amount of danger is part of the price of living.

Everything is disproportionate in the middle of the night.

Life is very strange.

Harriet: Is it fun being married? Ole Golly: How should I know? I've never been married. However, I doubt it's all fun. Nothing ever is, you know.

SOMETHING TERRIBLE IS GOING TO HAPPEN. I KNOW IT. EVERY TIME I HAD A BAD DREAM I FEEL LIKE LEAVING TOWN. THEN I FEEL THAT SOMETHING TERRIBLE IS GOING TO HAPPEN. AND THIS IS THE WORST DREAM I'VE EVER HAD IN MY WHOLE LIFE.

Wiktor almost smiled. His suspicions were

I often think we should have tattooed on the back of whatever hand we use to shoot or write, 'I might be wrong.

What are you afraid of? I'm afraid of not recognizing Paradise.

I'm sorry. I was wrong. I need help. I don't know.

Things sometimes fell apart unexpectedly. It was not necessarily a reflection of how much they were valued.

There seems such a fine line between falling into place and falling apart.

The world turned upside down,' Beauvoir continued. 'It was at once more beautiful and more frightening than you'd been led to believe. And suddenly you didn't know what to do. Who to trust. Where to turn. It's terrifying. Being lost is so much worse than being on the wrong road. That's why people stay on it for so long.

Do you know, Armand, I can't remember the last time I felt safe." "I know what you mean," said Gamache. "It feels as though this has been going on forever." "No, I don't mean just this mess. I mean all my life.

I often think we should have tattooed to the back of whatever hand we use to shoot or write, "I might be wrong.

All that had been trivial, that had been comforting and familiar and safe, now seemed to be strapped with explosives.

We just don't know. The key is to keep going. Joy might be just around the corner.

I'm sorry.' 'I was wrong.' 'I don't know.

he wondered if, in his effort to get to safety, he wasn't fleeing from a wreck but causing it.