Amanda

“What you’re doing seems crazy but I kind of understand why you’re doing it.”—uncovers the root of many of our financial decisions.”
― Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money

“Don’t grab hurtful comments and pull them close to you by rereading them and ruminating on them. Don’t play with them by rehearsing your badass comeback. And whatever you do, don’t pull hatefulness close to your heart.”
― Brené Brown, Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.

“We live in a society in which it is acceptable to cancel plans with friends for work, but never vice versa.”
― Marisa G. Franco, Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends

“Asperger survived the war, but his concept of autism as a broad and inclusive spectrum (a “continuum,” his diagnostician Georg Frankl called it) that was “not at all rare” was buried with the ashes of his clinic and the unspeakable memories of that dark time, along with his case records. A very different conception of autism took its place.”
― Steve Silberman, NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity