#sequence

Mom always liked to say that we hardly ever know the decisions we make that change our lives, mostly because they are little ones. You took this bus instead of that one and ended up meeting your soul mate, that kind of thing. But there was no doubt in my mind that this was one of those life-changing moments. ↗

— Rachel Hawkins

#decisions #life #change

Look at misfortune the same way you look at success - Don't Panic! Do you best and forget the consequences. ↗

— Walt Alston

#consequences #forget #look #misfortune #panic

The snow continues with high winds we remain at this camp to day in consequence of the weather. ↗

— William Henry Ashley

#consequence #continues #day #high #remain

Maybe Lindsay and I are best friends and we hate each other, both. Maybe I’m only one math class away from being a slut like Anna Cartullo. Maybe I am like her, deep down. Maybe we all are: just one lunch period away from eating alone in the bathroom. I wonder if it’s ever really possible to know the truth about someone else, or if the best we can do is just stumble into each other, heads down, hoping to avoid collision. ↗

— Lauren Oliver

#life-and-living #life

When you have a global mush, people lose their identity, they become pseudonyms, they have no investment and no consequence in what they do. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

#consequence #global #identity #investment #lose

In ordinary detective novels you never see the consequences of what happens in a story in the next book. That you do in mine. ↗

— Steig Larsson

#consequences #detective #happens #mine #never