The Untethered Quotes

“I find nothing to be more heroic than someone chasing their own dream against all odds.”
― S.W. Southwick, The Untethered

“Have you ever seen a world so amazing you wanted to inhale it, like air sucking into a jet engine? And the more you inhaled, the faster you flew, until you knew, without having to ask anyone else, that you were living?”
― S.W. Southwick, The Untethered

“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, The Untethered

“No one can save anyone else from their own beliefs.”
― S.W. Southwick, The Untethered

“There is no sanctuary against those who impose their beliefs on others through laws, not one single strip of dry land on this Earth.”
― S.W. Southwick, The Untethered

“I’ve never understood who owns public property—whether it’s the taxpayers, the government, or the person who uses it.”
― S.W. Southwick, The Untethered

“What do you think marks an honorable warrior? His moral aim is to put an end to aggression if others commence it.”
― S.W. Southwick, The Untethered

“Since free individuals survive on this planet only by rational judgement, the greatest need is the liberty to act on one’s own thoughts. Civilized people do not use government or any other authority to compel others to act, or not to act. They live of their own accord, exchanging value if and as they wish, and are held accountable if they harm anyone else.”
― S.W. Southwick, The Untethered

“Malo periculosam libertatem quam quietum servitium.”
― S.W. Southwick, The Untethered

“promised he would offer her no escape and”
― S.W. Southwick, The Untethered

“when the price of peace with others is the surrender of one’s highest values, conflict become one’s greatest asset.”
― S.W. Southwick, The Untethered

“that sweet, unlimited democratic system, allowing plunder at the drop of a vote.”
― S.W. Southwick, The Untethered

“when the highest virtues of mankind cannot be accomplished fully through voluntary actions, the greater good demands that the government compel people to do them. That is, after all, the only moral purpose of a government.”
― S.W. Southwick, The Untethered

“Agreement doesn't make truth---reality does.”
― S.W. Southwick, The Untethered

“When the message is demanding you give up the only things you care about, what’s more offensive? A punch to the face or the kindest sounding words in the dictionary?”
― S.W. Southwick, The Untethered

“When he stops swinging fists and starts talking about love and sacrificing for others, that’s when you should pucker up for the real punch, because you can’t avoid your own fist if you’ve been convinced you deserve it.”
― S.W. Southwick, The Untethered