Keyli Irving

“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

“We stopped looking for monsters under our bed when we realized that they were inside us.”
― Charles Darwin

“Suddenly, madness was everywhere, and I was determined to learn about the impact it had on the way society evolves. I've always believed society to be a fundamentally rational thing, but what if it isn't? What if it is built on insanity?”
― Jon Ronson, The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry

“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