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Quotes About Hesitation

If I wanted so much to go-- if everything I wanted in the whole world was on the other side of that door, why didn't I just go?... What kept me frozen there in a despair composed equally of impotent rage and a strange reluctance to shatter some exquisite but invisible structure, neither the shape nor purpose of which was apparent to me? In a words, what the hell was going on?
~ Elaine Dundy
saw the rings that I had left upon waking on the edge of the sink and I put on my finger the one with the aquamarine, while, without hesitation, I let the wedding ring fall down the drain.
~ Elena Ferrante
And then he reached toward me again, this time with both arms, as though he might wrap them around me to give me some comfort. But then he stopped, bit his lip, folded his arms, and strode away.
~ April Lindner
He'd never called her. Wanted to. A hundred times. But every time he thought about it, his mind boiled up with every reason not to do it, every doubt he'd ever had about himself.
~ Ari Berk
I question every move. I'm constantly second-guessing myself.
~ Mark Duplass
I'm not a gambler.
~ Jil Sander
But when at long last he had got his head out over the side of the bed, in mid-air, he became afraid of continuing in this manner, for if he were to fall like that it would take a miracle for him not to sustain a head injury. And consciousness was the last thing he wanted to lose at the present time; he would rather stay in bed.
~ Franz Kafta
A dangerous crossing, a dangerous wayfaring, a dangerous looking-back, a dangerous trembling and halting.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
discussion is also a most excellent means to avoid -decision-
~ Fulton Sheen
another pull on the Bushmills. Shrugged. "I guess they figured
~ G. M. Ford
Look twice before you leap.
~ Charlotte Bronte
It's a wise thing to hold back.
~ Julian Clary
I missed a lot of decisions. At the time of making such a decision, there was no doubt in my mind as to its correctness. However, a second or two later I felt that I erred and wished I could change my original ruling.
~ Billy Evans
I've thought about it, but I don't think I'd ever get a 'Teen Wolf' tattoo, and I don't know why.
~ Tyler Posey
The process is very gradual, you see. At first there's the tainted stage; they know what will eventually happen to them if they go on but they say, 'Oh God, don't do it to me do it again, please, please.'
~ Terence Fisher
Oftentimes, the most important decisions I make are the ones I don't put much thought into.
~ Mitski
When we have 'second thoughts' about something, our first thoughts don't seem like thoughts at all - just feelings.
~ Sydney J. Harris
Second thoughts oftentimes are the very worst of all thoughts.
~ William Shenstone
First thoughts are not always the best.
~ Vittorio Alfieri
It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.
~ John Henry Newman
Willow shook his head. If he'd picked her lock a few days earlier, if he'd peeked into her closet, he'd have known then, and four people would have lived.
~ Ross H. Spencer
Carrie didn't answer because it was true and she
~ Ruth Ann Nordin
Bu hareketsizli?in,korkuya dayanan bu tereddüdün daha zararl? oldu?unu,insan münasebetlerinde bir noktada ta? kesilmi? gibi kal?namayaca??n?,ileriye at?lmayan her ad?m?n insan? geriye götürdü?ünü ve yakla?t?rmayan anlar?n muhakkak uzakla?t?rd???n? seziyor..
~ Sabahattin Ali
Bir kad?n herhangi bir ?ekilde ho?uma gidince ilk yapt???m i? ondan kaçmak olurdu. Kar?? kar??ya geldi?im zaman her hareketimin, her bak???m?n s?rr?m? meydana vuraca??ndan korkar, tarif edilmesi imkâns?z, adeta bo?ucu bir utanma ile dünyan?n en zavall? bir insan? haline gelirdim.
~ Sabahattin Ali