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“The happiest people are not the ones who achieve the most. They are the ones who spend more time than others in a state of flow.”
― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

“There are more locations than girl and boy, man and woman. Decamping from one does not have to mean climbing into another. There’s plenty of space in between, or beyond the bounds, or all along and across the plane or sphere or whatever of gender, and it is entirely okay to say, “I do not like being a girl, and so I shall be a boy.” But it must also be okay to say, “I do not like being a girl, so I shall set about changing what it means to be a girl,” and, yes, okay to say, “I do not like being a girl, and so I shan’t.”
― S. Bear Bergman, The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You

“And at the risk of answering the same question the same way over and over: it’s not a fucking binary. It would be easier for a lot of people if it were, but it just bloody well ain’t, and nothing any of us does can make it that way. Please take a deep breath. Or,”
― S. Bear Bergman, The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You

“The company should develop an in-house style guide, so when different people are writing different sections of the proposal, it still flows. Lay out your preferred capitalizations, words you don’t use, words you like, acceptable humor level, and include some dos and don’ts.”
― Rick Webb, Agency: Starting a Creative Firm in the Age of Digital Marketing