“There were choices to be made, harder choices than I would have liked, and I realised that I had been neglecting them because of their very difficulty.”

— Alastair Reynolds , book Redemption Ark

Source: Redemption Ark (2002), Chapter 39 (p. 667)

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British novelist and astronomer 1966

Christine Feehan American writer

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“If the Madisonian democratic republicans had been able to foresee the later experience with constitutions in democratic countries, including the experience of the United States, would they have made the choices they made in 1787? I very much doubt it.”

Robert A. Dahl (1915–2014) American political scientist

Foreword : Reflections on A Preface to Democratic Theory
A Preface to Democratic Theory (Expanded ed., 2006)

“I told myself I had no choice but in a situation like that the choice you have is how you go about not having a choice.”

China Miéville book The Dusty Hat

The Dusty Hat (p. 211)
Short Fiction, Three Moments of an Explosion (2015)

“All my life they had made choices for me, and I had resented it. Now the choice was mine, and once it was made, I would have no right to blame anyone else for the consequences. Loss of that privilege, to blame others, unexpectedly stung.”

Megan Whalen Turner book A Conspiracy of Kings

Source: A Conspiracy of Kings

“A year among the Italians had converted me to such an admiration for their humanity and culture that I realise that were I given the chance to be born again and to choose the place of my birth, Italy would be the country of my choice.”

Norman Lewis book Naples '44

Naples '44

“I had a shirt made up that says, "I consistently make poor life choices." The shirt was not very popular.”

Joey Comeau book Overqualified

Letter to Nova Magnetics, pg 59.
Overqualified

“It's not a difficult choice, I know what I want. The future is already written. I have made my choice.”

Zlatan Ibrahimović (1981) Swedish association football player

When asked about playing in the United States http://www.espn.in/football/soccer-transfers/story/2880702/zlatan-ibrahimovic-has-made-choice-amid-manchester-united-talk
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