“Take full control by creating a life of true bliss through utilising the Power of The Heart.”
“No one controls who we turn into but us.”
“I think I know what will help you chill.” The way his eyes devoured me hinted I shouldn’t take the bait, but I did anyhow. “And what would that be?” Noah pressed his body into mine, pushing me against the lockers. “Kissing.” I held my books close to my chest and fought the urge to drop them and pull him close. But that would only encourage his behavior, and good God, bring on his fantastic kissing. Fantastic or not, kissing in public would definitely mean detention and a tardy slip. I ducked underneath his arm and breathed in fresh air, welcoming any scent that didn’t remind me of him. Noah caught up to me, slowing his pace to mine. “You know, you may have never noticed, but we have calculus together,” he said. “You could have waited for me.” “And give you the chance to drag me into the janitor’s closet?”
“To be psychologically healthy, we have to believe that what we do has some effect on what happens to us. Even if the perception of control is delusional, it usually leads to more productive action than believing that what we do makes no difference.”
“Every rule, every chart, every geeky statistic in a game book or module feeds into this impulse. All those details allow us to take apart existence, look at the individual parts, figure out how they work, and put them back together. Some people relieve stress by getting drunk or high and losing control; nerds find comfort by taking control and applying structure. Logic is like a warm blanket.”
“When you react, you let other control you. When you respond, you are in control.”
“True love is built on free will and free choice, not control and manipulation.”
“Some of the hardest battles we fight are those against the demons of our past, over which we have no control.”
“We cannot control other people and their actions but we can control how we act and react to them.”
“You can’t control other people’s actions, but you can control who “thinks” they have control over you.”
“There’s no god, it’s the elements that control this world and everything on it.”
“Love isn’t about predictions or behavioural markers. It just happens, and you have no control.”
“He is very careful and loving, and hardly lets me stir without special direction. I have a schedule prescription for each hour in the day; he takes all care from me, and so I feel basely ungrateful not to value it more.”
“But when you’re in love, you’re not in control of what you think or say or do. And there is nothing I love more than control, and nothing I love less than not having it. So you tell me —what is a person like me supposed to do with a feeling like that?”
“Whoever controls the money controls you.”
“Take charge of your life! The tides do not command the ship. The sailor does.”
“If you choose to keep your true face secret, then the people who know you by one mask, must never meet those who know you by another.”