S.A. Tawks, Misadventurous Quotes
I liked learning but the challenge was that my mother's need to turn education into a competition was ruining the experience for me.
I'd developed an apology-is-much-better-than-asking-for-permission mentality.
Would I come off as a creepy-stalker-kind-of-guy or would it demonstrate that I cared?
I found that disturbing the night's calm ambience was almost as gratifying as the ambience itself.
There were no snooty commuters at this late hour. They were home snug in their beds where they should be.
My sense of misadventure took over and I began looking at my problems as challenges.
It was my duty as a mother to invade your privacy and search your room. I'm just glad you weren't hiding an illegal drug.
It was a start, and a start is all anyone needs to put an end to something.
Misadventure was my primary compass and I followed it without caring if I pissed off one person or a whole bunch of people.
Other times, when existential crisis mode kicked in, I flirted with the idea of giving up and drifting whichever way gravity and wind moved me.
I didn't appreciate the moment as much as I should have while living it, but I can attribute that to my poor emotional state and hindsight.
Everyones' worst problems weigh the same, and it's up to you how heavy that weight is and how much you let it drag you down.
Looking back really does make you wonder, but the truth is it doesn't change a thing.
A misadventure is an act that has a safer, less self-detrimental, less interesting alternative. But you choose that act because you want to do something memorable and worthy of discussion.
You can't draw lines in the sand like that. Humour's a tsunami that doesn't care about your little lines.
Harry and I are misadventurous misadventurers that like to partake in misadventure.
I'll tell you what you want to hear. I mean, what I need to hear. I'll tell the truth.
Cussing like a commoner wasn't something I was tested on. I picked that habit up outside of high school.
As academia became my identity, my fascination with firefighters became buried and, seemingly, died.
What does a guy say to that? What does an inexperienced guy say to a beautiful, smart, proper girl who's not supposed to say things like that?
Patience, persistence and hard work lead to success and happiness. Or you can do whatever the hell you want and with a bit or a whole lot of luck you'll stumble onto success and happiness.
Misadventure asked what the harm was partaking in one more and I decided not to argue with her.
An adventurer has a purpose. Such as finding new lands and valuable treasures. A misadventurer, besides doing it for the hell of it and for a good time, doesn't really have a good purpose.
What does that quote mean to you? Can you explain the concept behind it and not just repeat the pretty phrase to me?
I'd been exposed to alternate ways of thinking and it seriously affected the way my mother had reared me.
Substituting the discount rate for the ever increasing chance of death and a dollar for joy, joy today is worth more than joy tomorrow.
Misadventure will always cause someone to be pissed off at you, because they don't know what degree you're willing to go to to satisfy your need for misadventure.
As long as you don't kill someone or seriously maim them, sure, it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks as long as you have a good time.
They had to be untrustworthy enough to buy a minor alcohol but trustworthy enough to not walk away with my money.
Acting with confidence, but inside lacking certainty, I'd told her I could.
After spending the previous night the way I had, I felt I could afford to lose some of the daytime to sleep.
You live by whatever rules you need to govern your life the best you think. Let's just try not to encroach.
The false hope I filled myself with is fleeing and I'm beginning to feel scared again.
You know what's the worst? Having realistic, ordinary expectations taken out of your reach by seemingly unrealistic, extraordinary circumstances.
Being determined delinquents, Peyton and I jumped the barricades and wandered around the dilapidated interior.
My newfound motivation had me feeling confident in my ability and I headed to Mackay with a plan.
The acceptance of just one person is enough to silence the rejection of thousands.
Everyday something unexpected happened. Everyday was exciting. Everyday was a misadventure.
At least I can say I once worked a day on a tea plantation in Far North Queensland.
Nyree taught me not to trust anyone but Steve quickly corrected that lesson and taught me not to trust everyone.