Retrospective Quotes

“But at a certain point we turn round, almost instinctively,
and see that a gate has been bolted behind us, barring our way back (...)
Then we understand that time is passing and that one day or another the road must come to an end.”
― Dino Buzzati, The Tartar Steppe

“The Naga laughed softly, 'There's a thin line that separates courage from stupidity.'
'And that line is only visible in retrospect, my friend. If I'm successful, people will call me brave. If I fail, I will be called foolish. Let ,me do what I think is right. I'll leave the verdict to the future.”
― Amish Tripathi, Scion of Ikshvaku

“Do what the fuck makes you happy. Because in the end, who's there? You.”
― Tyler, the Creator

“What was I supposed to do then I wondered. Was there even a supposed-to for this kind of situation? A situation when when I looked at my receding past everything seemed retrospectively marked by an extreme order and predictability yet all moments since seemed to obey, and promised to continue obeying, their own set of stochastic, undisclosed, and undiscoverable laws. Where I was fully aware of the pitfalls and folly of a finely-tuned narcissism but still the known universe seemed to bend and bend inexorably inward and towards me where it awaited my next move, supremely ready to react accordingly. And how I knew that decisions I would soon make or defer would have near-Sophoclean import and yet nonetheless it all seemed oddly irrelevant.”
― Sergio De La Pava, A Naked Singularity

“El verdadero talento, la verdadera bondad, no pasan mucho tiempo inadvertidos, pero, aunque así sea, la conciencia de poseerlos y usar bien de ellos debiera satisfacerle a uno, y el mayor encanto de toda cualidad es la modestia.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Mujercitas

“...it's only when something's damaged beyond repair that we realize how beautiful it was.

[LEO PHILBET]”
― Rosie Walsh, The Love of My Life

“That's why, even if I were to know everything that would happen after, I still would have gone to meet Rize that day. To me, all of it was necessary. The world isn't wrong.

It just is.”
― Sui Ishida, 東京喰種トーキョーグール:re 16 [Tokyo Guru:re 16]

“Before starting a retrospective, you need to think about which exercises would be most suitable.”
― Ben Linders, Getting Value out of Agile Retrospectives - A Toolbox of Retrospective Exercises

“It is a simple but sometimes forgotten truth that the greatest enemy to present joy and high hopes is the cultivation of retrospective bitterness.”
― Robert Menzies

“THAT'S IT! I'M GETTING ME MALLET!”
― Eustace