“I have a billion what-ifs and no way forward.”
“She shook off the self-recrimination. What-ifs and could-have-beens were not the way to move forward. She knew that from experience.”
“The “what ifs” and “should haves” will eat your brain.”
“Bunkum and tummyrot! You'll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that. Would Columbus have discovered America if he'd said 'What if I sink on the way over? What if I meet pirates? What if I never come back?' He wouldn't even have started.”
“I will murder you by the billions to give you immortality. I will set fire to your civilization to light your way forward. But know this: My species is not defined by your dying, but by your living.”
“What-ifs are for fools”