“I think perfectionism is just fear in fancy shoes and a mink coat, pretending to be elegant when actually it's just terrified. Because underneath that shiny veneer, perfectionism is nothing more that a deep existential angst the says, again and again, 'I am not good enough and I will never be good enough.”
― Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
― Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
“It’s funny how once you like someone, even the unattractive things they do somehow become endearing.”
― My Heart and Other Black Holes
― My Heart and Other Black Holes
“Is it right,” Jutta says, “to do something only because everyone else is doing it?”
― All the Light We Cannot See
― All the Light We Cannot See
“Everyone has a moment where life goes off the rails.”
― Sharp Objects
― Sharp Objects
“Life can seem awful and unfixable until the universe shifts a little and the observation point is altered, and then suddenly, everything seems more bearable.”
― My Heart and Other Black Holes
― My Heart and Other Black Holes
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