. . . we should be men first, and subjects afterward.

“He did not know how the world is simplified for kings. To them, all men are subjects.”

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

It becomes more and more difficult to avoid the idea of black men as subjects of not just racial profiling but of an insidious…

— Aberjhani

“What we call men, are the subjects, the individual Stiles and Nokes; not the qualities by which their humanity is constituted. The name, therefore,…

— John Stuart Mill

“A thorn is a pain, but the flower is a beauty if it vanishes it will leave hundreds of seeds afterward.”

— Kamaran Ihsan Salih

There's a part of all of us whose impulse is to say, "Let's keep everything the same until I die and then you can…

— Bill McKibben

Here's a thing about the death of your mother, or anyone else you love: You can't anticipate how you'll feel afterward. People will tell…

— Mary Schmich

History does not usually make real sense until long afterward.

— Bruce Catton

It's okay to screw up. It's what we do afterward that defines us.

— Susan Mallery

Once a decision was made, I didn't worry about it afterward...

— Harry S. Truman

As a matter of fact I had a terribly traumatic childhood. But afterward I sort of reraised myself.

— Michael Gruber

Apologies don't mean anything if you're going to act the same way afterward.

— Anonymous

“And in everything that came afterward, I could never stop thinking that maybe she loved mysteries so much that she became one”

— John Green

“Stories are invented as you go along...”

— Orson Scott Card

When that shutter clicks, anything else that can be done afterward is not worth consideration.

— Edward Steichen

Don't think about what you’ll tell people afterward. The time is here and now. Make the most of it.

— Paulo Coelho