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Quotes About Hesitation

FitzChivalry Farseer." I halted, frozen by the words. I turned slowly.
~ Robin Hobb
I don't know,' I said grimly. 'Oh,' she said. Then after a time, she added, 'When a man says that, it usually means, "No, I won't, but from time to time, I'll toy with the idea, so I can pretend I eventually intend to do it.
~ Robin Hobb
Hesitating at the last instant, she gazed back at Vesper, and tears brimmed in her eyes as she murmured in a meek voice, "Good-bye, my love." Then she returned to the enchanted device and called out, "May this new vessel serve you well!
~ Robin Jarvis
When in doubt chicken out.
~ Robin Jones Gunn
Who? What's wrong?" Daniel stammered.
~ Robin Parrish
Maybe we could, um, go sit in the truck?" he said, but even as he said it, it sounded so dumb. And not exactly the way he wanted her to remember a marriage proposal.
~ Robyn Carr
she was only here because she didn't have the guts to be anywhere else. Because she felt like the last guest at an unsuccessful party, too guilt-ridden to leave.
~ Lisa Jewell
Lou had to believe he'd find something on Winchester if he just took it methodical. Half a mil. Lou thought about knocking again, then lowered his arm and stood there like a stupid ass. Couldn't even decide whether to knock. Half of him wanted to know what was going on; the other half would just as soon let it lie. The neighbors had IDed
~ Lisa Scottoline
what's the matter?" "I'm not ready
~ Lisa Scottoline
He hesitated, as if wrestling with the desire to cross the space between us and kiss me until I admitted I was just a tiny bit in love with him too. But he didn't. He didn't.
~ Lisa Tawn Bergren
We froze. Neither of us moving, simply staring at each other, wondering if the other was going to move first. You are, he whispered, uncommonly stirring. He closed his eyes then, as if he had to in order to break the bond between us, then lifted me to the saddle and stared at the ground as he guided my feet into the stirrups.
~ Lisa Tawn Bergren
There have been plenty of chances to close my eyes and go back to the sleep of my life as it was, but I hadn't taken any of them. Do I wish now that I had? It's hard to answer that question, as the wraiths move closer.
~ Lisa Unger
She could push inside or walk away. She could force a conversation, which might turn into a fight. Or just let him come to her when he was ready. She hesitated a moment, conflicted. Then she opted for the latter, moving quietly down the stairs, feeling that strange loneliness again. Uselessness, she thought, was the permanent condition of parenthood.
~ Lisa Unger
Well, Ista, said the Voice. Do you stay or go? You cannot hang forever in My doorway like a cat, you know.
~ Lois McMaster Bujold
You will never regret having done so. But you may deeply regret not having done so.
~ Lois McMaster Bujold
foolish,' even though I didn't want to touch
~ Louis de Bernieres
kept him from going forward. His innate caution
~ Louis L'Amour
But I am afraid I don't
~ Louisa May Alcott
Though he considered establishing a weekend house or summer hideaway, he had no exact plan.
~ Ron Chernow
Hey what's your name Candi. She's hesitant, like that beaten dog Jade mentioned. Candi Woodward. I'm Ayla Monroe. She laughs uneasily. I know. Out, Candi Cane, Jane orders.
~ Roxanne St. Claire
What is the opposite of faith? Not disbelief. Too final, certain, closed. Itself a kind of belief. Doubt.
~ Salman Rushdie
Here in America, the only words that didn't exist, the only unspeakable words, were "I'm not sure about any of this. I'm having second thoughts.
~ Salman Rushdie
It is a big problem and so I don't know for sure if I say yes or no to Ferrari.
~ Valentino Garavani
When it gets to this point, it's just hard to pull the trigger.
~ Steve Yzerman