Quotes About Unpredictability

As the lives of their characters develop, they end up on paths that writers could not possibly have foreseen—and hence give the impression of agency, even to their authors. William Blake wrote of his works "tho I call them Mine I know they are not Mine," and characterized his process of writing as a kind of dictation, "without Premeditation or even against my Will." Musicians sometimes speak in exactly the same way.

One of the great things about anarchy is that it's hard to get it organized.

In the game of thrones, even the humblest pieces can have wills of their own. Sometimes they refuse to make the moves you've planned for them.

Never do what they expect,

There's much to be said for taking people unawares. You never know what you might learn.

Prophecy is like a half-trained mule," he complained to Jorah Mormont. "It looks as though it might be useful, but the moment you trust in it, it kicks you in the head.

Nothing in this world can one imagine beforehand, not the least thing. Everything is made up of so many unique particulars that cannot be foreseen.

When I do things without any explanation, but just with spontaneity ... I can be sure that I am right.

A finished person is a boring person.

It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws. But when it comes it moves irresistibly.

You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.

Truly nothing is to be expected but the unexpected.

Happiness, greatness, pride-nothing is secure, nothing keeps.

Sometimes gentle, sometimes capricious, sometimes awful, never the same for two moments together; almost human in its passions, almost spiritual in its tenderness, almost Divine in its infinity.

Nothing in the world can one imagine beforehand, not the least thing. Everything is made up of so many unique particulars that cannot be foreseen.

Fortune's a fickle wench. She can knee you in the groin at any time.

Life is mostly freehand.

Bet you didn't see that coming," she murmured. "I didn't, no. If I'd realized rapping your head would turn you into an insatiable sexual maniac who'd use me so brutally, I'd have cold-cocked you long before this.

Life is too frickin' crazy sometimes, it really is.... You never know what's going to happen, do you.

That Zsadist guy . . . you had to wonder when he was going to lose it. And what he was going to take out with him when he did.

Craziness, indeed. And

He had become completely mad in his movements; He seemed to be doing everything at the same time. It was a shaking of the head, up and down, sideways; jerky, vigorous hands; quick walking, sitting, crossing the legs, uncrossing, getting up, rubbing the hands, rubbing his fly, hitching his pants, looking up and saying 'Am,' and sudden slitting of the eyes to see everywhere; and all the time he was grabbing me by the ribs and talking, talking

Every week, there's a different twist and turn you're not going to see coming, and how you handle that is important.

When you have kids, things come at you that you don't expect and you twist and turn to sort it out.