Seneca the Younger Quotes

Be careful what you wish for,her mind thundered.

Beware of your wishes: They will probably come true.

The trouble with most of the things that people want is that they get them.

Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences after all but they were the consequences to things you didn't even know you'd done.

The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.

Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.

Be careful what you wish for. I know that for a fact. Wishes are brutal, unforgiving things. They burn your tongue the moment they're spoken and you can never take them back.

I wanted to see what was going on in the world. I sometimes think I overwished.

God grant ... that he may learn to understand in time, that whoso is minded to do as he himself wills will soon enough see the day when he will find he has done that which he had never willed.

Be careful what you wish for. You never know who will be listening.

Unintended Consequences

Every single thing you do, you don't really have expectations.

Every action we have is going to have repercussions in ways we could not anticipate.

All of our actions have consequences whether we know it or not. We never know what people are going through until something tragic happens - if they don't talk about it.

I'm always interested in a character who does something and doesn't understand why they've done it.

One always wants more when things work out.

Sometimes you don't see the result that you expect.

The hole I've dug for myself is very big.

I wish you the best that can be hoped for, and no worse than can be expected.

Nothing makes you realize you don't know what you want more than getting what you want.

We part more easily with what we possess, than with our expectations of what we wish for; because expectation always goes beyond enjoyment.

You get whatever you expect to get. The only question is. What do you want?

Fate is shaped half by expectation, half by inattention.

I realize that you have to be careful sometimes what you wish for.

My desires are foolish. The things I want are better kept to myself. The hand of silence is steady. The hard blade of silence is clean like night. The code is absolute. Silence is eternal and patient. Silence never makes a fool of itself like I have so many times.