“It's only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important.”
“And that sadness is intrinsically part of the fabric of happiness. You can’t have one without the other. Of course, they come in different degrees and quantities. But there is no life where you can be in a state of sheer happiness for ever. And imagining there is just breeds more unhappiness in the life you’re in.”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
“As Thoreau wrote, ‘It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
“If you aim to be something you are not, you will always fail. Aim to be you. Aim to look and act and think like you. Aim to be the truest version of you. Embrace that you-ness. Endorse it. Love it. Work hard at it. And don't give a second thought when people mock it or ridicule it. Most gossip is envy in disguise.”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
“Pain is never out of season if you go shopping for it.”
― Tribe Of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
― Tribe Of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
“again. Which is precisely why I cannot cope with my part in Anna’s disappearance.”
― I Am Watching You
― I Am Watching You
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