Quotes About Uncertainty

The gods where like the weather; sometimes good, sometimes bad, and either way, always beyond her.

You'll be with me, won't you?" "indeed." "Then what could go wrong?" Lord Sanabalis visibly grimaced. "You clearly do not believe in angry gods.

Not all of our heartless plans work as we intend; nor do all of our good intentions. We are where we are, and we can rarely predict where we will go, no matter how firm our beliefs.

What would this have been, if it had more power to give?" "This may come as a surprise to you," he replied dryly, "But I am not an Ancient. Nor am I, human philosophy aside, a living construct." "Which means you don't know." "Which means, as you so succinctly put it, I do not know." - Kaylin & Tiamaris

life doesn't go by a formula.

The world was fucked up. It was hard to say how exactly, but we could feel it. There was injustice, lots of it, we saw it as a dull shape coming into focus.

The horror of knowing someone and living with them and even thinking you're lucky and then wham and now you know that every person is really two people and how can you ever know what the other half is up to.

I'm not making any bets on the future.

To understand the difficulty of predicting the next 100 years, we have to appreciate the difficulty that the people of 1900 had in predicting the world of 2000.

Fitz feels as if he ought to say something, but he's not sure what. He feels a stupid urge to to apologize, for what exactly, he doesn't know. He knows that he says "sorry" a lot.

Deep down everyone suspected that Art was unlikely to survive for more than a few days and that any rescue attempt would endanger them all, but what were the alternatives? Abandon him? Stay and watch him die?

No matter what - rehearsed, under-rehearsed, over-rehearsed, doubts about rehearsing - the first gig is always the first gig, and you put on your little praying hat, batten down the hatch, and do what you do.

A big book is like a serious relationship; it requires a commitment. Not only that, but there's no guarantee that you will enjoy it, or that it will have a happy ending. Kind of like going out with a girl, having to spend time every day with her - with absolutely no guarantee of nailing her in the end. No thanks.

A big book is like a serious relationship; it requires a commitment. Not only that, but there's no guarantee that you will enjoy it, or that it will have a happy ending.

Sometimes the transition from being in control of your life to having absolutely no control is swift, but other times it is so gradual that you wonder exactly when it truly began.

It's the most unhappy people who most fear change.

Young lovers and young nations face the same problem: after orgasm, what?

Even cowards can endure hardship; only the brave can endure suspense.

All love is probationary, a fact which frightens women and exhilarates men.

There's something in every atheist, itching to believe, and something in every believer, itching to doubt.

When "Why not do it?" barely outweighs "Why do it?" — don't do it.

The neurotic longs to touch bottom, so at least he won't have that to worry about anymore.

Loneliness, insomnia, and change: the fear of these is even worse than the reality.

It's hard to feel middle-aged, because how can you tell how long you are going to live?