#sequence

It was then, there in the darkness, with only those little pin-points of light to see by, light from a world away where other people with their own problems and their own secrets lived their own lives, that everything in our world changed for good. ↗

— Dana Reinhardt

#consequences-truth #lies #change

Unless you interfere with your belief system, which is where you make most of your decisions, you will recreate the status quo. ↗

— Brian Klemmer

#choices-and-consequences #change

I have always hesitated to give advice, for how can one advise another how to act unless one knows that other as well as one knows himself? Heaven knows. I know little enough of myself: I know nothing of others. We can only guess at the thoughts and emotions of our neighbours. Each one of us is a prisoner in a solitary tower and he communicates with the other prisoners, who form mankind, by conventional signs that have not quite the same meaning for them as for himself. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#choices-and-consequences #communication

If you build the guts to do something, anything, then you better save enough to face the consequences. ↗

— Criss Jami

#bravery #commitment #consequences #courage #courageous

Daja doesn't exactly need to be tested on whether she's honorable or not." "Doesn't she? Don't all of you? This is your first taste of the things which may come from your being powerful mages. People will offer you gold, status, even love. I want to know how you will react. If want to know if your teachers will release greedy, thoughtless monsters into the world. ↗

— Tamora Pierce

#consequences #niko #sandry #testing #love

And now, no matter what I thought I had done or why I did it, it has become completely untrue because of what I have done since. ↗

— Tony Burgess

#motives #self-reflection #motivational

Tony poured wine into each glass and handed one to Claire. “Do you remember when we had wine at the Red Wing?” Claire closed her eyes, recalling the scene from a lifetime ago, and nodded. “I do.” “I’d been watching you for years. I was so nervous that night. I thought I was planning your acquisition.” He looked into his red liquid. Her stance straightened, “If you’re using business metaphors, may I suggest hostile takeover. It’s more appropriate. ↗

— Aleatha Romig

#consequences #romig #strength #truth #business

Sometimes I think if we didn’t have these problems the whole world would stop spinning on her axis, we’d all stop spinning on our axises, axes, or whatever you want to call them, and then we’d have to settle into the nasty business of finding a way to be happy. ↗

— Daniel Clausen

#consequences #decisions #happiness #problems #sadness

There are no good choices, Allison," Kanin offered in a quiet voice. "There are only those you can live with, and those you can work to change. ↗

— Julie Kagawa

#choices-and-consequences #kanin #change

This was one of the casualties of war, that trust itself seemed to die a thousand deaths. ↗

— Eric Metaxas

#war #death