Lisa Debellevue

“Our own individual life history is also shaped that way. In large part, when you factor out fate, what we are is because of what we believe about ourselves. Wherever we are in the world, we mostly live in the small space between our ears.”
― Elizabeth Berg, Tapestry of Fortunes

“Don’t we all want company in some form, are we not attracted to the idea of a body beside us in a thunderstorm, or another voice to help decide on dinner, to share astonishment at the latest political buffoonery or appreciation for the lush sets on Downton Abbey? Are we not, at our most basic, social animals, people who need other people, whether we want to or not?”
― Elizabeth Berg, Tapestry of Fortunes

“... it occurred to me that we are all unreliable narrators of our own lives, crafting stories about ourselves that omit unsavory truths and highlight our invented identities.”
― Marie Benedict, The Mystery of Mrs. Christie

“You have to think about each day’s landscape—both workdays and days off—and where there might be spots of usable time. You become a general, surveying the battlefield. What can move? What can’t? What logistical problems must be solved as you march through your hours?”
― Laura Vanderkam, Tranquility by Tuesday: 9 Ways to Calm the Chaos and Make Time for What Matters