In other words, we order ourselves by ordering our thoughts.

It wasn't a question so much as a way of ordering his thoughts.

Or was he simply using the time to order his own thoughts?

Mikhail took a bit more wine and tried to order his thoughts.

He paused for a moment, to take a breath, to order his thoughts.

He couldn't seem to order his thoughts enough to put all the tumbling elements into words.

Silence took a deep breath, trying to order her thoughts.

Why don't we do that while I order my thoughts?

Again he had been shocked to the heart, could not speak, sat struggling to order his thoughts.

Jim got up, went into the lift, and tried to order his thoughts.