“How terrible," said Eragon, "to die alone, separate even from the one who is closest to you."
Everyone dies alone, Eragon. Whether you are a king on a battlefield or a lowly peasant lying in bed among your family, no one can accompany you into the void.”
Source: Eldest
“You get older, and you make your choices, and one by one the doors shut.”
Source: The Mystery of Hollow Places
“Don't worry, my little lump of rock. Everybody gets a chance to choose. Or else where would irony come from?”
Source: The Boy Who Lost Fairyland
“Why? As much fun as a hospital sounds, I'd rather spend the evening dancing with an amazing, smart, funny, interesting, beautiful girl who has the most incredible green eyes I've ever seen. Sophie, will you go to the dance with me?”
Source: The Perfect Blindside
“Well, that's the thing about choices, isn't it? There are always more to make. I've never seen a street where you couldn't cross to the other side.”
Source: The Forgotten Room
“Luck is made by the making the right choices at the right timing and place.”
Source: Life Is Simply A Game
“You can't claim to care about the welfare of children if you're shaming other parents for the choices they're making.”
Source: Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
“... we will once again err on the side of not letting people be murdered. You take the choice in front of you. And then you keep picking the non-murder choice as long as you can.”
Source: This Book Is Full of Spiders
“You shouldn't have to convince anyone to choose you. There is no real choice in love.”
Source: F*ck Love
“At age 13, I was violently mugged at a busy train station. There were dozens of onlookers, but none of them lent a hand ... That was a defining point in that stage of my life. After that, I could never tell myself that it was someone else's problem, or let a situation pass me by if I felt something had to be done. I knew from experience that all too often, no one else would act.”