The Untethered Quotes

Want me to say it? Want me to confess what makes me an actual felon and reserves me a choice spot in hell?"

"Please, Alexandria Patra," Preton said, "tell me all your regrets."

Her eyes narrowed. "I taught children to surrender their developing minds to concepts like the greater good or the good of society which can't exist in any form in this world without actual kids being trampled underneath their untouchable banners."

Pointing at her own chest, she added, "I taught children that in order to live up to those 'higher' ideals they must be obedient - to others, must sacrifice their dreams - to the needs of others. I taught them it was more important to be a part of a group than to stand on their own judgment. I told the non-conforming kids they should feel guilty for wanting to live on their own terms."

Alexa swept a hand forward, pointing it at Preton. "I then delivered every ego-stripped, dream-crushed child to the power mongers of the world like you, who will use this universally accepted mirage of morality to control them. ~ S.W. Southwick

No one can save anyone else from their own beliefs. ~ Sw Southwick, The Untethered

What it means to live life is to experience the moment that is passing through you, and then experience the next moment, and then the next. ~ Michael A. Singer

I find nothing to be more heroic than someone chasing their own dream against all odds. ~ S.W. Southwick

Set your eyes on the highest state you can imagine and don't take them off. ~ Michael A. Singer

If you spend your time hoping that it doesn't rain tomorrow, you are wasting your time; Your thoughts don't change the rain. ~ Michael A. Singer

If you are willing to experience the gift of life instead of fighting with it, you will be moved to the depth of your being. ~ Michael A. Singer

At pains to define liberty, that most resolute of indefinables, our minds fall back on spatial images; on birds, sailboats, and mountains; the untethered balloon, the blue sky, the nude figure. ~ Robert Grudin

We were all puppets of someone in a self-perpetuating circle of pollutants, violence and hedonistic escapism. ~ John Bowie

Throughout, Mother ran in and out like a mare untethered. ~ Selina Siak Chin Yoke

What if, for once in history, a woman's story could be untethered from what we need it to be in order to feel better about ourselves? ~ Lidia Yuknavitch

Greatness untethered from God results in calamity unrestrained by men. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough