Damon Knight Quotes

I had no idea what I was doing, I had no idea where I was going, but at some point I stopped — when to keep going would seem like I was going too far.

I lost my way for a long time.

Hesitation is a mistake that invites defeat. I would not be Mord-Sith had I not hesitated when I was young." - Cara

Wow. I don't know. Maybe I'm wrong.

How do you tell somebody how to find what they're looking for when ten years ago you came from the same place, and have yet to find it yourself?

It's hard to get lost if you don't know where you're going.

I know one thing for certain; it is much harder to tell whether you are lost than whether you were lost, for, on many occasions, where you are going is exactly where you are. On the other hand, if you often find that where you've been is not at all where you should have gone, and, since it's much more difficult to find your way back from someplace you've never left, I suggest you go there immediately and then decide.

Unused to the situations in which I find myself, and embarassed by the slightest difficulties, I seldom discover, till too late, how I ought to act.

It's hard to do," I said. Wes looked at me. "What is?" I swallowed, not sure why I'd said this out loud. "Get it right.

He felt that he was still groping in the dark; he had chosen his path but kept looking back, wondering whether he had misread the signs, whether he should not have taken the other way.

I have several times made a poor choice by avoiding a necessary confrontation.

The world's a forest, in which all lose their way; though by a different path each goes astray.

I'm not really sure if I have anything that inspires me.

Indecision may or may not be my problem.

When I come up against the real world, I just vacillate.

Have I gone too far?

I second-guess myself all the time. I make a decision and then wonder if I made the wrong choice.

We are asleep with compasses in our hands.

There was a small point in my life in law school, right before I moved to Newark, when I didn't know what I wanted to do, and I felt so lost.

Second thoughts oftentimes are the very worst of all thoughts.

I remember distinctly running through my neighborhood, thinking I knew how to get to 'Sesame Street,' and then finally finding myself among some scrub trees and realizing I don't know where to go from here. I had to just mope back home.

Does anybody know what I'm doing up here?

I guess I can go anywhere I want. If only I knew where to go.

I missed a lot of decisions. At the time of making such a decision, there was no doubt in my mind as to its correctness. However, a second or two later I felt that I erred and wished I could change my original ruling.

So basically, I don't know what I'm talking about. But maybe I do.