Katie

“Ultimately, what defines the ‘cult of optimism’ and the culture of positive thinking – even in its most mystically tinged, New Age forms – is that it abhors a mystery. It seeks to make things certain, to make happiness permanent and final. And yet this kind of happiness – even if you do manage to achieve it – is shallow and unsatisfying. The greatest benefit of negative capability—the true power of negative thinking—is that it lets the mystery back in.”
― Oliver Burkeman, The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking

“You don't know it, but I'm a vertical megabrand with cross-media platforms”
― Francesca Castagnoli, Princess: You Know Who You Are

“Sometimes the most valuable of all talents is to be able not to seek resolution; to notice the craving for completeness or certainty or comfort, and not to feel compelled to follow where it leads.”
― Oliver Burkeman, The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking

“Negative Capability, that is, when a man is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason ”
― Oliver Burkeman, The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking