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“find a good book. And sit down and read it. There will be times in your life when you'll feel lost and confused. The way back to yourself is through reading. I want you to remember that. The more you read, the more you will know how to find your way through those difficult times.”
― Notes on a Nervous Planet
― Notes on a Nervous Planet
“The whole of consumerism is based on us wanting the next thing rather than the present thing we already have. This is an almost perfect recipe for unhappiness.”
― Notes on a Nervous Planet
― Notes on a Nervous Planet
“Living with anxiety, turning up, and doing stuff with anxiety takes a strength most people will never know.”
― Notes on a Nervous Planet
― Notes on a Nervous Planet
“We often find ourselves wishing for more hours in the day, but that wouldn't help anything. The problem, clearly, isn't that we have a shortage of time. It's more that we have an overload of everything else.”
― Notes on a Nervous Planet
― Notes on a Nervous Planet
“Maybe happiness is about what we can give. Maybe happiness is not a butterfly we can catch with a net. Maybe there is no certain way to be happy. Maybe there are only maybes. If (as Emily Dickinson said) “Forever—is composed of Nows—,” maybe the nows are made of maybes. Maybe the point of life is to give up certainty and to embrace life’s beautiful uncertainty”
― Notes on a Nervous Planet
― Notes on a Nervous Planet
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