Quotes About Uncertainty

Until proven innocent, I regard all "gardenias" as I do footprints of the Snowman, engines that run on vacuum energy, or good wines from Savoie.

I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate.

I used to be terrified of going to the bathroom until Uncle John taught me to start at the front door, whisper over and over to myself, "God will take care of me. God will take care of me," and run like hell.

One of my mother's favorite expressions is "Life is fraught with peril.

Oh, Mel, what am I going to do? Quit teaching? Travel? Get a doctorate? Commit suicide? Where did that thought come from?

A lo que me refiero es que ahora estoy aquí por un tiempo indefinido, pero ¿luego qué, adónde iré? (Del cuento Panteón de Dolores)

No hay ninguna guía para la muerte. Nadie puede decirte qué hacer, qué es lo que te espera

The technophile and the technophobe ask the same question. What's next?

the fact that nothing you do seems innocent anymore

I just hope Stacy knows I understand it's rough for her, the fact that it's tragic actually, the fact that it's just awful to lose your dad and never know where the heck he is, or why he disappeared, the fact that it's like she's just stuck in limbo, sitting duck, waiting for Frank's next move, his next urge to get in touch.

I witnessed my life unfolding like someone who has awkwardly stumbled in after the movie has started. I sensed that something important had been revealed in the opening sequence, some essential knowledge everyone else was privy to that was being kept from me.

Absence of evidence isn't evidence of absence.

In this world you've just got to hope for the best and prepare for the worst and take whatever God sends.

My father looked right at me, but he didn't answer. And his eyes were dazed and staring through me, like I was made out of smoke. That was the first time I thought that maybe I was.

as it turned out, growing up was just as she'd feared. One day when your alarm clock rang, you got up and realized you had someone else's thoughts in your head... or may be just your old ones, minus the hope.

You can plan for something your whole life, and still get taken by surprise

You can be strapped to the most stable chair and still feel the world give way beneath you.

Jika kau memilih untuk mencari sesuatu, maka sebaiknya kau siap menghadapi apa pun yang kau temukan. Karena mungkin itu bukan seperti yang kau harapkan.

When the door opens, I realize that the only thing worse than waiting is the moment you realize a decision has been made.

We don't know what reality is," Rayanne says. "We just pretend we do, because it makes us feel like we're in control.

All of us are grieving something. But while we are, we're putting one foot in front of the other. We're waking up to see another day. We're pushing through uncertainty, even if we can't yet see the light at the end of the tunnel. We are battered and broken, but we're all small miracles.

He wished he knew what to say to make her feel better, but the truth was, he didn't feel all that great himself and he didn't know if there were even any words in the English language to take away this kind of stunning shock, this understanding that the world isn't the place you thought it was.

Not knowing, he said, is a thousand times more horrible than facing your fear.

Safety is relative. You can be so close to shore that you can practically feel it under your feet, when you suddenly find yourself breaking apart on the rocks.