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As our relationship grew, his bristles felt less like attacks and more like witty, playful jabs that I could parry or call him out on.
“Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; love more, and all good things will be yours.”
—Swedish proverb”
― Do Less: A Minimalist Guide to a Simplified, Organized, and Happy Life
—Swedish proverb”
― Do Less: A Minimalist Guide to a Simplified, Organized, and Happy Life
“Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have. —RABBI HYMAN SCHACHTEL”
― Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism
― Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism
“In 1960, a mere 5 percent of Americans said they would be upset if their child married someone from the opposite party. A half century later, that number had exploded eightfold, to 40 percent. Partisanship, in other words, was playing a dividing-line role once reserved for religion and race.”
― Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years
― Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years
“Life is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple, and the simple thing is the right thing.”
—Oscar Wilde”
― Do Less: A Minimalist Guide to a Simplified, Organized, and Happy Life
—Oscar Wilde”
― Do Less: A Minimalist Guide to a Simplified, Organized, and Happy Life
“The stories he told became boring to me through repetition, but I understand now that he was just trying to fix that place with the compass of his memories.”
― Borne
― Borne
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