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Quotes About Hesitation

Do you know what happens when you always look before you leap? She reached out and touched his hand before hurrying toward the door. You hardly ever make the jump.
~ Nora Roberts
No second chance? A wry smile twisted Carrick's lips. There might have been, had I not waited so long to take it.
~ Nora Roberts
Without another word, he walked out. Gennie waited until she heard his footsteps on the stairs before she pressed a hand to her stomach. The next time she saw a light in the dark, she told herself, she'd run like hell in the opposite direction.
~ Nora Roberts
moment, thought, what the hell?
~ Nora Roberts
Branna told her. "No, back
~ Nora Roberts
taking it any further, I wouldn't now." "Wouldn't you?
~ Nora Roberts
seems I've known you for years." A bit shakily, she laughed and dragged her hands through her hair. "I don't know." Taking a deep breath, she stared straight ahead. "Michael asked
~ Nora Roberts
chest, shut off her air. "Are you sure?
~ Nora Roberts
Sabes o que acontece quando olhamos sempre antes de saltar? - perguntou ela, tocando-lhe na mão antes de desaparecer porta fora. - Nunca chegamos a saltar.
~ Nora Roberts
I don't know if I've got it in me for another important relationship. They're so much damn work. Love can be, should be, so consuming, so demanding. I just don't know that I've got the stamina, or the heart, or the generosity.
~ Nora Roberts
What stops you here is what stops your entire life. The air will always be too filled with something. Your body too sore or tired. Your father too drunk. Your wife too cold. You will always have some excuse not to live your life.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
And maybe you don't go to hell for the things you do. Maybe you go to hell for the things you don't do.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
she's confused and afraid to commit to the wrong thing so she won't commit to anything.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
Otra cosa es que, por mucho que creas que quieres a alguien, te echas atrás cuando el charco de su sangre se acerca demasiado.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
Your problem, my darling daughter, is that you're afraid you're going to miss something. But what you don't realize is that, by not making a decision, you're missing it all.
~ Claire Cook
Yet it had only been two weeks, barely a drop in the bucket of her twenty-seven years on the planet. Was that really enough time to make such a momentous decision as would be asked of her tonight? Yet
~ Claire Thompson
Logic is the last refuge of a coward.
~ Clive Barker
He hesitated for a split second, then told himself not to think. "I'd rather go down swinging," he muttered as he shut the door. If he survived this little ordeal he'd have to ask Lewis if talking to yourself was a symptom of losing your mind.
~ Vince Flynn
How many times have people used a pen or paintbrush because they couldn't pull the trigger?
~ Virginia Woolf
Yes yes yes I do like you. I am afraid to write the stronger word.
~ Virginia Woolf
But he could not bring himself to say he loved her; not in so many words.)
~ Virginia Woolf
The world wavered and quivered and threatened to burst into flames. It is I who am blocking the way, he thought. Was he not being looked at and pointed at; was he not weighted there, rooted to the pavement, for a purpose? But for what purpose?
~ Virginia Woolf
Why did he sit so near and keep his eye on her? Why did they not have done with this searching and agony? Why did they not kiss each other simply? She wished to kiss him. But all the time she went on spinning out words.
~ Virginia Woolf
but that was too harsh a phrase — could depend so
~ Virginia Woolf