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"Putting myself through emotional turmoil so I can read this aloud to my (almost) 3 year old" — Sep 08, 2026 01:03AM
"Putting myself through emotional turmoil so I can read this aloud to my (almost) 3 year old" — Sep 08, 2026 01:03AM
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
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Empathy is connecting with the emotion that someone is experiencing, not the event or the circumstance.
“But a life without art, without wonder, without beautiful things—she would go mad. She has gone mad.”
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
“Black and female and a siren is just layers upon layers of trauma. Tav’s so good at breaking it down, but she rarely does unless it’s just her and me.
One time I said she’s too young to deal with this, and she said we don’t get to be.”
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One time I said she’s too young to deal with this, and she said we don’t get to be.”
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“Most people obsess on regrets in their past or anxieties in their future. I call this “time-travelling”. The past and future don’t exist. They are memories and speculation, neither of which you have any control over. You don’t need to time travel anymore. You can live right now.”
― Choose Yourself: Be Happy, Make Millions, Live the Dream
― Choose Yourself: Be Happy, Make Millions, Live the Dream
“Anyone can be a critic, but to really create something - that's hard.”
― Stars Like Us
― Stars Like Us
“In America, one of my professors said once that the best art comes from an unbearable life—if you live through it, that is.”
― If I Had Your Face
― If I Had Your Face
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