Queensland Quotes

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.

They had to be untrustworthy enough to buy a minor alcohol but trustworthy enough to not walk away with my money.

In a world of differing opinions, mentally unstable people and complete psychopaths, it was the type of simplistic notion that some people wouldn't want to follow or ignorance would just simply not allow them to understand.

This is your chance. Are you going to cower and make excuses or are you going to do what you really want to do?

The acceptance of just one person is enough to silence the rejection of thousands.

It was as if I was automatically one of them because I smoked.

They were queen bitches and it seemed everyone and everything they knew and everyone and everything they didn't know deserved some kind of criticism.

I'd been exposed to alternate ways of thinking and it seriously affected the way my mother had reared me.

It seemed, at that point, my greed and cunningness were being rewarded.

Someone who lives vicariously will never be truly happy because they're not happy with themselves.

Most would probably call it a dumb idea, but considering my wants it was a good idea.

As academia became my identity, my fascination with firefighters became buried and, seemingly, died.

Everyday something unexpected happened. Everyday was exciting. Everyday was a misadventure.

It's easy to give up at the beginning of something, but after gaining a bit of momentum it's not as tempting or easy to just give up.

It's called the kindness of a fellow human being. You should try it sometime, ya fuck.

There were no snooty commuters at this late hour. They were home snug in their beds where they should be.

Substituting the discount rate for the ever increasing chance of death and a dollar for joy, joy today is worth more than joy tomorrow.

So much to do but so many incompetent workers," I said, playing to his take-no-shit-get-in-and-fucking-do-it attitude.

You know what's the worst? Having realistic, ordinary expectations taken out of your reach by seemingly unrealistic, extraordinary circumstances.

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.

Misadventure was my primary compass and I followed it without caring if I pissed off one person or a whole bunch of people.

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.

My sense of misadventure took over and I began looking at my problems as challenges.

I didn't let what I wanted to do become a made up memory that I looked back on years down the road and wished it was real.

We smoked the joints down to the roaches and then relaxed beneath the stars to let the drug form dazzling constellations.

Self-harm appealed to my sadness but I didn't let it coax me.

The purpose of water is to drink it but we swim in it for the fun of it.

I found it hard to get motivated because I found it hard to care.

It was an impossible achievement but that didn't stop me from trying and having fun.

I let my initial stance on her prettiness stand and didn't let any superficial thoughts hobble it.

Too much negativity can make the strongest structures dilapidate.

It was odd but I couldn't jump the chasm of missing evidence to the conclusion Todd was making.

Even freedom needs some rules to keep it from being complete chaos.

One thing a girl loves more than a bad boy is a self-aware bad boy.

My newfound motivation had me feeling confident in my ability and I headed to Mackay with a plan.

Misadventure asked what the harm was partaking in one more and I decided not to argue with her.

She'd been fed anti-consumerist bullshit by her parents but didn't understand simple economics.

I took her word and didn't let my concern for my future ruin the present moment.

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?

It was a start, and a start is all anyone needs to put an end to something.

I think the last thing you should do to someone willing to put your penis in their mouth is give them criticism.

Acting with confidence, but inside lacking certainty, I'd told her I could.

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.

Lighting a cigarette with a sense of achievement for company made the journey worth it.

Besides the gifts, the only thing that gave the headstones colour were the memories family and friends had of the people they represented.

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.

At least I can say I once worked a day on a tea plantation in Far North Queensland.

What does that quote mean to you? Can you explain the concept behind it and not just repeat the pretty phrase to me?

I realised I got anxious because my true aspiration wasn't to become the chief of a multi-billion dollar, multi-national company that created widgets or some shit.

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'd developed an apology-is-much-better-than-asking-for-permission mentality.

I found that disturbing the night's calm ambience was almost as gratifying as the ambience itself.

The stretch of Bruce Highway between Gin Gin and Miriam Vale was long and lonesome.

You live by whatever rules you need to govern your life the best you think. Let's just try not to encroach.

If you're not happy with yourself, how can you even begin to figure out if another person makes you happy, annoyed, angry, sad and so on.

Looking back really does make you wonder, but the truth is it doesn't change a thing.

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.

A misadventurer's greatest fear is their mother.

Where's your sense of misadventure?

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.

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