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  • The two of you are getting downright chatty, aren't you, Ms. Lane? When did you last see him? what else did he tell you? I'm asking the questions tonight. If an illusion of control comforts you, Ms. Lane, by all means, cling to it.

    Mean   Two   Comfort  
    Karen Marie Moning (2007). “Bloodfever: Fever Series”, p.90, Delacorte Press
  • Writing gives you the illusion of control, and then you realize it's just an illusion, that people are going to bring their own stuff into it.

    Writing   Giving   People  
  • If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the story of how it doesn’t.

    Real   Doe   Stories  
  • We like to look for patterns and find connections in unrelated events. This way we can explain them to ourselves. Life seems neater, or at least less messy. We need to feel we are in control: it is integral to our self-esteem. We also know, though we deny it, that we are not in control. So we settle for the illusions of control. What if we stopped fooling ourselves?

  • Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.

    Twitter post from Jan 26, 2015
  • Adulthood brings with it a pernicious illusion of control.

  • Deep breaths. I am taking deep breaths. Composure. Which, for me, means composing... Maybe this is my way of creating the illusion of control over something I have no control over. Like, if it's just a story I'm telling or a song I'm singing, then I'll be okay because I'm the guy who's providing the words.

    Song   Mean   Creating  
    Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2007). “Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist”, p.133, Knopf Books for Young Readers
  • If people knew what made hits they'd make more of them, so to have the illusion of control over one's career isn't something I can even pretend to have.

    "Diane Lane, star of Secretariat: 'I do love horses. They are such an expression of joy'". www.mirror.co.uk. December 03, 2010.
  • Many of us rely on our own illusion of control. But when God makes it known to you that you're not the one steering the ship, be thankful. He has removed the illusion, and forced you to rely only on Him.

  • If you hold on to the handle, it's easier to maintain the illusion of control. But it's more fun if you just let the wind carry you.

  • When you surrender and release the illusion of control, you begin to free-fall toward your destiny of a grand reunion with your original-self; a self uncorrupted by the world's false lessons of fear and control.

    Fall   Destiny   Self  
  • A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

    Fate   Journey   Destiny  
    "The Fables of La Fontaine: Book VIII". Book by Jean de La Fontaine, 1678 - 1679.
  • Radical acceptance rests on letting go of the illusion of control and a willingness to notice and accept things as they are right now, without judging.

  • Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control. We can love and care for others but we cannot possess our children, lovers, family, or friends. We can assist them, pray for them, and wish them well, yet in the end their happiness and suffering depend on their thoughts and actions, not on our wishes.

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