Quotes About Uncertainty

no one really believes in the future, do they? It's like believing in your own death. You can't do it.

As she began to draw the outer edge of her cheek, she realized she had the look of a person who was waiting. Not impatient, not tortured, not frustrated. Just waiting. What was she waiting for? (...) She was still holding out for something that wasn't going to happen. She was good at waiting. That seemed like a sad thing to be good at.

Remind me, she needed to ask. I don't seem to know how to be.

I love you. I love him...I think you would love each other. But that math has failed me before.

Not unless he crossed the line.' Holly supposed she should let this go, but she was tired of Vera's bullying. 'Ah, that line . . .' Vera leaned back in her chair with her eyes half-closed. 'If only we knew exactly where it was.' There

Was it only possible truly to enjoy something if you knew there was a danger that it might be taken away?

lack of faith had little to do with choice. Doubt was a cancer that grew unbidden.

She took the first tentative, terrifying, exhilarating steps into her future.

Still, he loved her. She knew that. He loved her the best way he could. But she wasn't sure that was enough anymore.

I don't know what I want or what I feel. I thought I wanted this. Us. But now I'm not so sure.

Pop once said it's a good thing we don't know what's around the corner. I didn't understand what he meant then, but I do now. It's better to wish than to know.

By the time I reached school, I was shaking. I felt as if my entire world had warped and twisted like a funhouse mirror. Nothing was the same as it had been a month ago.

Dawn had not yet said anything nice. She was trying to be friendly, but something wasn't right. Did she think I looked terrible? Was she mad at me?

Or is that four words?

At least for now.

He loves me, he loves me not

But when Danielle thinks of the future, she thinks of fifth grade, maybe sixth grade. She wishes to be able to graduate from Stoneybrook Elementary. When Kendra thinks of the future, she thinks of college, of being an adult, of becoming a writer. Kendra has a future. Danielle has a future, too, of course, but hers is much more uncertain.

She sounded pretty certain. I wasn't so confident.

I kept second-guessing my decision. Half the time, I'd wanted to call every BSC member and say, Just kidding! The other half, I'd felt this sense of relief. Yes, relief. It was faint, but it was definitely there.

Only time will tell.

You are exaggerating, Sunny. You don't know a thing about him. He is still a stranger. You may never see him again. Get over it.

Darkness, only darkness. I seem to have drifted into a chaos that can never be clarified, or even justified.

Despite the beauty of our world and the scope of human accomplishment, it is hard not to worry that the forces of chaos will triumph—not merely in the end but in every moment.

Although science may ultimately show us how to truly maximize human well-being, it may still fail to