Quotes About Choice

It is not my name, but the name I use for this story. A name, I hoped, that would be free of prophecy, free of the burden of a future placed upon it, free of any destiny that would tear it from my hands and destroy worlds. You think I overstate. You are wrong.

You can't redeem him, Todd," she says, a little softer but I flinch a bit at the word redeem. "You can't. Because he doesn't want it.

You needed to know it, but for the rest of this, I'm choosing my own story. Because if you can't do that, you might as well just give up.

But hell you make for yourself is still hell, maybe

Your stomach isn't the boss of you,' Mel says evenly. 'Oh,' Jared says, realizing. 'Sorry-' Mel shakes her head, brushing it off. 'Not what I meant. Your heart isn't the boss of you other. Thinks it is. Isn't. You can always choose. Always.' 'You can't choose not to feel,' Henna says. 'But you can choose how to act.

I don't understand people who get power and then just give it up. Just say, 'Oh, what the fuck, I just don't want it anymore. I'm retiring.

It's like he's my family, except better, because I've chosen him.

A few of you are here by choice. Or at least by Switzerland.

Do all these things, but do not pretend there is a must. That is how evil is rationalized

I'm choosing my own story. Because if you can't do that, you might as well give up.

They will not be pleased. But they know we must catch the monsoon with a well-found ship; and they know they are in the Navy--they have chosen their cake, and must lie on it.' You mean, they cannot have their bed and eat it.' No, no, it is not quite that either. I mean--I wish you would not confuse my mind, Stephen.

How about this?' Simmon asked me. "Which is worse, stealing a pie or killing Ambrose?" I gave it a moment's hard thought. "A meat pie, or a fruit pie?

I knew it to be good advice, and ignored it

You don't understand," I said, growing irritated. "I don't have the slightest idea what the Lethani really is! It's not a path, but it helps choose a path.It's the simplest way,but it is not easy to see. Honestly,you people sound like drunk cartographers. -Kvothe

You need to decide what you want for yourself. You want to go home? There's a price. You want control over your life? There's a price. You want the freedom to say no? There's a price. There's always a price.

What is the purpose of the Lethani?" Tempi asked. "To give us a path to follow?" I replied. "No," Tempi said sternly. "The Lethani is not a path." "What is the purpose of the Lethani, Tempi?" "To guide us in our actions. By following the Lethani, you act rightly," "Is this not a path?" "No. The Lethani is what help us choose a path.

Chronicler frowned. "You said yourself that there was nothing you could have done." "I could have," Kvothe said seriously, "and I didn't. I made my choice and I regret it to this day. Bones mend. Regret stays with you forever.

Por muy atractiva que parezca una cosa, tienes que valorar los riesgos que corres. Cuánto lo deseas, cuánto estás dispuesto a quemarte.

Any joy that grows here is quickly choked by weeds. I am not some monster who destroys out of a twisted pleasure. I sow salt because the choice is between weeds and nothing.

I sow salt because the choice is between weeds and nothing. - Lanre

If I had my choice again, I would only change how fast I ran.

I made my choice and I regret it to this day. Bones mend. Regret stays with you forever.

Does six strike you as a good number?" I didn't know what he was getting at. "Six isn't exactly a lucky number," I hedged. "If I were looking for a good number I'd have to go up to seven." I shrugged. "Or down to three.

A blind man has to stumble through a cluttered room. You don't. You use your eyes and pick the easy way.