Justina Smith

“I want my life to be like—like making pottery. I want to enjoy it while it’s happening, not just for where it might get me eventually.”
― Emily Henry, Happy Place

“nonconsequentialists often say here is that people have a duty to be just, but that they are also entitled to have and to pursue their own concept of a good life. It is this self-chosen sense of the good, which includes religion and culture, that we must respect even if we disagree or believe that ours is superior.”
― Kenneth A. Strike, The Ethics of Teaching

“She shrugs. “It could still happen. Life’s long.” That makes me snort with laughter. “I don’t think anyone says that.” “Maybe not,” she says, “but if they were truly present, maybe they would.”
― Emily Henry, Happy Place

“Don’t just sit there. Do something. The answers will follow.”
― Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life