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Book cover for The Joy You Make: Find the Silver Linings--Even on Your Darkest Days
Shekar Mahalingam, an entrepreneur studying psychology, writes in his essay “The Joy of Writing,” how penning a letter “seemed a drudgery done with a lifeless ballpoint pen” or, even more to the point, “bereft of joy.” How he longed “for ...more
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Gail Honeyman
“I find lateness exceptionally rude; it’s so disrespectful, implying unambiguously that you consider yourself and your own time to be so much more valuable than the other person’s.”
Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Rob Reiner
“Everybody talks about wanting to change things and help and fix, but ultimately all you can do is fix yourself. And that's a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect.”
Rob Reiner

Michael    Connelly
“Everybody counts, or nobody counts.”
Michael Connelly

Gail Honeyman
“Sometimes you simply needed someone kind to sit with you while you dealt with things.”
Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Dr. Seuss
“Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!”
Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

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