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Quotes About Hesitation

It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull. - H.L. Mencken
~ H.L. Mencken
Carter did not wish to meet a bhole, so
~ H.P. Lovecraft
Es schien mir recht bedauerlich, dass Derby sich gerade für sie interessierte, sagte aber nichts dazu, da Vernarrtheit an Widerstand bloß gedeiht.
~ H.P. Lovecraft
Almost certainly I will not tell her my intentions this evening or tonight. I will put it off. Why? Because words are actions and they make things happen. Once they are out you cannot put them back.
~ Hanif Kureishi
he reached a poor little cottage that seemed ready to fall, and only remained standing because it could not decide on which side to fall first
~ Hans Christian Andersen
But sometimes, maybe most times, it isn't that clear. It is dark and you are near the edge of a cliff, but you're moving slowly, not sure which direction you're heading in. Your steps are tentative but they are still blind in the night. You don't realize how close you are to the edge, how the soft earth could give away, how you could just slip a bit and suddenly plunge into the dark.
~ Harlan Coben
Dimonte spit into the can again, trying hard to cover up his obvious body language. "We're still working on it." "Uh, let's pretend for a brief moment that I'm not a mentally dehydrated numb nut.
~ Harlan Coben
Jessica Culver sat in her family's kitchen, in the very seat she had sat in innumerable times as a child. She should have known better. She should have thought it through, should have come prepared for any occurrence. But what had she done instead? She had gotten nervous. She had hesitated. She had stopped for a drink in the bar below his office. Stupid, stupid.
~ Harlan Coben
He dialed the number. It was picked up on the third ring. "Good afternoon, Mr. Goldberg!" Reason one for his hesitation: The guy's voice gave him the heebie-jeebies. The man—he sounded really young—was unfailingly polite and spoke in exclamation points, as though he were trying out for an old-time musical. The sound chilled Goldberg. But there was more to it than that. There
~ Harlan Coben
Are you coming or not?" Mom asked. Kat could hear the drink in her mother's voice. It was not an unfamiliar sound. "Coming
~ Harlan Coben
I don't fall in love easily. It's odd; one of the first things I think about when I go out with a woman is what it would be like to be married to her. And yet I have a tough time committing.
~ Matt Dillon
You are the best person I've met in years, and if I'd met you in a year's time, or maybe even a few months, I know we could be happy together, but I can't give you what you need.
~ Jane Green
A man who knows neither how to travel nor how to keep a journal has put together this travel journal. But at the moment of signing he is suddenly afraid. So he casts the first stone. Here.
~ Henri Michaux
It's just hard to travel in the shadow of regret. In fact, it's so hard that I actually haven't left yet.
~ Ani DiFranco
That's one of those questions that you think of a better answer for five minutes after you've answered it.
~ S.A. Tawks, Mule
I'd rather trust and regret than doubt and regret.
~ Reki Kawahara
I am unlikely to trust a sentence that comes easily.
~ William H. Gass
Never trust a second thought. Where there is two there is three. You will end up thinking forever.
~ Richard Fish
Trust the man who hesitates in his speech and is quick and steady in action, but beware of long arguments and long beards.
~ George Santayana
If it doesn't feel right, don't do it. Trust your intuition and don't ask "why", just say no.
~ Maria Erving
Sighing, he paused a moment as if to take in my essence or to gather his wits. As he had no wits to gather, it must have been my essence giving him pause.
~ Sherri Browning Erwin
Usually one feels aimless because one isn't sure yet what one wants—until one does, a proper strategy can't be formulated." Charlotte studied Livia a moment. "But in your case, it's possible you know exactly what you want, but you're afraid to want it, let alone pursue it.
~ Sherry Thomas
Usually one feels aimless because one isn't sure yet what one wants -- until one does, a proper strategy can't be formulated. But in your case, it's possible you know exactly what you want, but you're afraid to want it, let alone pursue it.
~ Sherry Thomas
It is no use. I find it impossible to work with security staring me in the face.
~ Sherwood Anderson