Alice Sebold Quotes

Life to me is defined by uncertainty. Uncertainty is the state in which we live, and there is no way to outfox it.

Nothing is guaranteed.

One thing you can rely on is that there will always be uncertainty.

In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.

The only certainty is that nothing is certain.

There are no certainties.

One certainty we all accept is the condition of being uncertain and insecure.

All our qualities, whether good or bad, are unstable and ambiguous, and almost all are at the mery of chance.

He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever.

You mustn't take what I say as gospel because no one can second-guess the future.

There is nothing so uncertain as a sure thing.

There is no such thing as security. There never has been.

There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line.

I say the one thing about luck is you can't really count on it.

I cannot guarantee anything.

To me, nothing ever feels like a sure thing. I cling to that because it's very important you don't ever think anything is a sure thing.

Uncertainty is everywhere and you cannot escape from it.

...our best built certainties are but sand-houses and subject to damage from any wind of doubt that blows.

I lived with uncertainty.

Nothing is fixed or foolproof; I have no delusion about that.

No one likes uncertainty.

Nothing is a guarantee at all.

One thing I have realised is that there are no certainties. Anything can happen anytime.

There is absolutely nothing that can be taken for granted in this world.