“Let me observe that in moments of high emotion- whether they’re triggered by anger or envy, humiliation or resentment -if the next thing you’re going to say makes you feel better, then it’s probably the wrong thing to say.”
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“Every society says its outsiders are the problem. But the outsiders are not the problem; the urge to create outsiders is the problem. Overcoming that urge is our greatest challenge and our greatest promise. It will take courage and insight, because the people we push to the margins are the ones who trigger in us the feelings we're afraid of.”
― The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
― The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
“Because it’s true: more than the highlights, the bright events, it was in the small and the daily where she’d found life.”
― Fates and Furies
― Fates and Furies
“If we only fell in love with people who were perfect for us...then there wouldn't be so much fuss about love in the first place.”
― Rules of Civility
― Rules of Civility
“As a quick aside, let me observe that in moments of high emotion....if the next thing you're going to say makes you feel better, then it's probably the wrong thing to say. This is one of the finer maxims that I've discovered in life. And you can have it, since it's been of no use to me.”
― Rules of Civility
― Rules of Civility
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