Quotes About Agency

Free will and determinism are like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you is determinism. The way you play your hand is free will.

In my years, I have seen that people must be their own gods and make their own good fortune. The bad will come or not come anyway.

The Human Contradiction held them. Intelligence at the service of hierarchical behavior. They were not free.

She glanced at him. "What gods do you respect?" "None." "And why not?" "I help myself," he said.

For myself …In my years, I have seen that people must be their own gods and make their own good fortune. The bad will come or not come anyway.

too. A woman should have something of her own." Doro

They forced you to have kids?" the man asked. "One of them surprised me," she said. "It made me pregnant, then told me about it. Said it was giving me what I wanted but would never come out and ask for." "Was it?" "Yes." She shook her head from side to side. "Oh, yes. But if I had the strength not to ask, it should have had the strength to let me alone.

For my people, I respect the gods. I speak as the voice of a god. For myself... in my years, I have seen that people must be their own gods and make their own good fortune.

They forced you to have kids?" the man asked. "One of them surprised me," she said. "It made me pregnant, then told me about it. Said it was giving me what I wanted but would never come out and ask for." "Was it?" "Yes." She shook her head from side to side. "Oh, yes. But if I had the strength not to ask, it should have had the strength to let me alone.

Humans are freer to decide what they want," he said softly. "They only think they are," Dehkiaht replied.

Eighty percent of an Agency brain is devoted to repercussions and possible futures, even when you're just thinking about moving in with your boyfriend.

The summons to wakefulness is therefore a summons to attend to my agency.

Hence, if our fundamental commitment is to treat others as agents who could adopt the very principles that we act on, then we must be committed equally to strategies and policies that enable them to become and to remain agents.

For while we may debate our freedom to choose, there is no doubt that we are not free not to choose.

We outrank the Agency here in the homeland. If they want a dick fight, we'll give them one.

The Agency's job is keeping secrets. You could ask about the weather, and they would neither confirm or deny that there IS weather.

We outrank the Agency here in the homeland. If they want a dick fight, we'll give them one.

Everything inside her rebelled at the coercion. But he was giving her a choice, and he didn't have to.

If she kept wondering about how much of her life Bran engineered, she'd end up on a funny farm knitting caps for ducks.

He can stop me in my tracks, but he can't make me do someting I don't want to

The Cantrip agents were more interesting. He didn't know as much about Cantrip, as it was an even newer agency than Homeland Security, having come into being when the werewolves outed themselves.

I remain less preoccupied with coming to voice because I know how quickly voice can be taken away. My concern now lies in finding effective ways to use the voice that I have claimed while I have it.

I remain less preoccupied with coming to voice because I know how quickly voice can be taken away. My concern now lies in finding effective ways to use the voice that I have claimed while I have it. [...] When it comes to my work, the only thing that is essential is that it contribute toward this end.

Sometimes when we're in situations where we feel we're not in control, we do things, especially things that take a lot of energy, as a way of making ourselves feel we have some power.