As I ponder now the meaning of that girl—recall her indifference to “Papa’s” collapse, to her betrothal to me—I vacillate between lofty and cheap appraisals.
Kurt Vonnegut
Cat's Cradle
“When I was younger, I used to vacillate between thinking love was this great and glorious mystery and thinking it was just something a bunch of Hollywood movie producers made up to sell more tickets back in the Depression, when Dish Night kind of played out.” Eddie laughed.
Stephen King
Wolves of the Calla
“Yes,” he thought, “this is right; I am on the right road; I have the solution; I must end by holding fast to something; my resolve is taken; let things take their course; let us no longer vacillate; let us no longer hang back; this is for the interest of all, not for my own; I am Madeleine, and Madeleine I remain.
Victor Hugo
Les Misérables
If I sneer, vacillate or object in any way, the women will kill me with their own hands.
Frank Herbert
God Emperor of Dune