Keyli Irving

“What's wrong with me? ... I might seem like the ideal student: homework always in early, every extra credit and extra curricular I can get my hands on, the good girl and the high achiever. But I realized something just now: it's not ambition, not entirely. It's fear. Because I don't know who I am when I'm not working, when I'm not focused on or totally consumed by a task. Who am I between the projects and the assignments, when there's nothing to do? I haven't found her yet and it scares me. Maybe that's why, for my senior capstone project this year, I decided to solve a murder.”
― Holly Jackson, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

“The Happiness Manifesto

Pledge not to complain needlessly.
Vow not to anger unecessarily.
Promise not to crititize unreasonably.
Commit to thinking positively.
Aspire to speak intelligently.
Strive to live enlightenedly.

Your happiness is in serenity.
Your contentedness is in charity.
Your righteousness is in integrity.
Your nobility is in humility.
Your innocence is in sincerity.
Your blessedness is in humanity.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“He leant his two elbows on his knees, and his chin on his hands and remained rapt in dumb meditation. On my inquiring the subject of his thoughts, he answered gravely 'I'm trying to settle how I shall pay Hindley back. I don't care how long I wait, if I can only do it at last. I hope he will not die before I do!'

'For shame, Heathcliff!' said I. 'It is for God to punish wicked people; we should learn to forgive.'

'No, God won’t have the satisfaction that I shall,' he returned. 'I only wish I knew the best way! Let me alone, and I'll plan it out: while I'm thinking of that I don't feel pain.”
― Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

“Being too thin isn't particularly desirable here. Women eat.”
― Helen Russell, The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country