#though

You can't go back to how things were. How you thought they were. All you really have is...now. ↗

— Jay Asher

#thought

Before I got here, I thought for a long time that the way out of the labyrinth was to pretend that it did not exist, to build a small, self-sufficient world in the back corner of the endless maze and to pretend that I was not lost, but home. ↗

— John Green

#looking-for-alaska #pudge #thought

Grover didn't say anything for awhile. Then, when I thought he was going to give me some deep philosophical comment to make me feel better, he said, "Can I have your apple? ↗

— Rick Riordan

#thought

I am a slow walker, but I never walk back. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#progress #thoughtful #thought

Did you seriously just stamp your foot? I thought girls only did that on TV. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#frustration #jacob-black #pique #stereotypes #thought

Oh, my dear Miss Everdeen. I thought we had an agreement not to lie to each other. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#thought

Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others sense their own laws within them. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#comfort

One minute was enough, Tyler said, "A person had to work hard for it, but a minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#perfection #effort

Inevitably it follows that anyone with an independent mind must become 'one who resists or opposes an authority or established convention': a rebel. ...And if enough people come to agree with—and follow—the REBEL, we now have a DEVIL. Until, of course, still more people agree. And then, finally, we have ... GREATNESS. ↗

— Nicholas Tharcher

#independent-thought #metaphysics #philosophy #independence

A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to. ↗

— Banksy

#initiative #oxymoron #paradox #independence