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Book cover for The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)
The opportunity cost of investing your life in something that’s not going to get better is just too high.
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Tove Jansson
“The thing about God, she thought, is that He usually does help, but not until you've made an effort on your own.”
Tove Jansson, The Summer Book

Joan Didion
“Grief is different. Grief has no distance. Grief comes in waves, paroxysms, sudden apprehensions that weaken the knees and blind the eyes and obliterate the dailiness of life.”
Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking

Seth Godin
“If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try.”
Seth Godin

Roald Dahl
“Mr. Wonka: "Don’t forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he wanted."
Charlie Bucket: "What happened?"
Mr. Wonka: "He lived happily ever after.”
Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Tove Jansson
“It is still summer, but the summer is no longer alive. It has come to a standstill; nothing withers, and fall is not ready to begin. There are no stars yet, just darkness.”
Tove Jansson, The Summer Book

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