Quotes About Uncertainty

S? fii curajos înseamn? s? ÅŸtii c? eÅŸti pierdut înainte de a întreprinde ceva.

The things that happen to people we never really know. What happens in houses behind closed doors, what secrets-

She was almost in love with him. No, that's impossible, she thought: either you are or you aren't. Love's the only thing in this world that is unequivocal. There are different kinds of love, certainly, but it's a you-do or you-don't proposition with them all.

Jean Louise had a sinking feeling. The Hundred Years' War had progressed to approximately its twenty-sixth year with no indications of anything more than periods of uneasy truce.

something's wrong with me, it's something about me. It has to be because all these people cannot have changed.

I thought we were just people. I have no idea." Her uncle smiled, and an unholy light appeared in his eyes. He's gonna skate off now, she thought. I can never catch him and bring him back.

She was almost in love with him. No, that's impossible, she thought: either you are or aren't. Love's the only thing in this world that is unequivocal. There are different kinds of love, certainly, but it's a you-do or you- don't proposition with them all.

Son, I can't tell what you're going to be—an engineer, a lawyer, or a portrait painter. You've perpetrated a near libel here in the front yard. We've got to disguise this fellow.

First thing you learn when you're in a lawin' family is that there ain't any definite answers to anything.

Aunque no sabía a dónde ir, me volví para marcharme y topé con Atticus. Hundí la cabeza en su chaqueta y escuché los pequeños ruidos que se producían detrás de la tela azul: el tictac del reloj de bolsillo, el leve crepitar de la camisa almidonada, la suave respiración de mi padre.

La historia se esta repitiendo, no hay duda, tan seguro como que el hombre es hombre, la historia será el último sitio donde la gente busque respuestas.

If everything turned out just the way everybody expected, life would be exceedingly dull, and learning in any useful sense simply would not occur.

Never assume they know what you fear they know.

Though he knew that he was young, at this moment he felt that his days were almost over. He could see the future and the rest of his life as clearly as if he had already lived it, because it would be unchanging and no different from the lives of all the others around him.

No mistake about it. Ice is cold; roses are red; I'm in love. And this love is about to carry me off somewhere. The current's too overpowering; I don't have any choice. It may very well be a special place, some place I've never seen before. Danger may be lurking there, something that may end up wounding me deeply, fatally. I might end up losing everything. But there's no turning back. I can only go with the flow. Even if it means I'll be burned up, gone forever.

For a while is a phrase whose length can't be measured.At least by the person who's waiting.

Sometimes I feel so- I don't know - lonely. The kind of helpless feeling when everything you're used to has been ripped away. Like there's no more gravity, and I'm left to drift in outer space with no idea where I'm going' Like a little lost Sputnik?' I guess so.

There are ways of dying that don't end in funerals. Types of death you can't smell.

In the world we live in, what we know and what we don't know are like Siamese twins, inseparable, existing in a state of confusion.

I'm free, I think. I shut my eyes and think hard and deep about how free I am, but I can't really understand what it means. All I know is I'm totally alone. All alone in an unfamiliar place, like some solitary explorer who's lost his compass and his map. Is this what it means to be free? I don't know, and I give up thinking about it.

Maybe it's just hiding somewhere. Or gone on a trip to come home. But falling in love is always a pretty crazy thing. It might appear out of the blue and just grab you. Who knows — maybe even tomorrow.

Everyone, deep in their hearts, is waiting for the end of the world to come.

Life is so uncertain: you never know what could happen. One way to deal with that is to keep your pajamas washed.

Please remember: things are not what they seem.