“There's no use in asking what if. No one could ever give you the answers. I try, I really do, but it's hard for me to accept this way of thinking. I'm always wondering about the what-ifs, about the road not taken.” IfsThinkingWayGivingTryingHardUseAnswersAcceptingWonderTakenAskingWhat IfWay Of ThinkingRoad Not Taken Book:To All the Boys I've Loved Before Source: To All the Boys I've Loved Before
“when I first began this diary I said I would give a record of my inner life. I begin to wonder if I have said anything about my inner life. What if I have no inner life?” IfsGivingFirstsSaidWonderRecordsWhat IfDiariesInner Life Book:The Janet Frame reader Source: The Janet Frame reader
“I don't base my books on my life (thank goodness) and I don't pick the topic first. In fact, the topic picks me - via a question I can't answer as a mom, a wife, a woman, an American. I find myself wondering "What if..." and it blossoms into a whole novel.” IfsFirstsI CanBookWholeFactsAnswersWonderNovelWifeMomGoodnessPicksWhat IfTopicsIfs AndPick MeWondering What If Author:Jodi Picoult
“Most people experience history as one damn fact after another in high school. But if you can wonder, "Wow, what if the US hadn't gotten involved in World War II?", you can become enthralled by the imaginary possibilities.” PeopleIfsWorldWarFactsSchoolWonderPossibilityInvolvedHigh SchoolDamnWar Of The WorldsWhat IfWowWorld War IiImaginaryWorld War I Author:Gavriel David Rosenfeld
“What about little microphones? What if everyone swallowed them, and they played the sounds of our hearts through a little speaker. [...] I wonder if everyone's hearts would start to beat at the same time.” IfsHeartLittlesSoundWonderBeatsWhat IfSpeakersMicrophones Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
“When we cracked the genetic DNA code, opened the big Pandora's box, and it really did become possible to produce chimeras, my ears shot up. Having been brought up among the biologists and having followed various debates about ways to improve the human template and other debates about the true nature of our nature, I began seriously to wonder: What if? We hold in our hands a tool that is more powerful - for good or ill - than any we have wielded before.” IfsWayHumansHandsBigsPowerfulWonderProduceShotsToolsEarsIllBoxesVariousDebateCodeWhat IfDnaTrue NatureCrackedBiologistPandoraChimeraPandora's Box Author:Margaret Atwood