Kate Walters

“serious?” I believe we unconsciously abide by this principle because our notion of work is rooted in an industrial economy that values efficiency and structure at the expense of joy and creativity.”
― Ingrid Fetell Lee, Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness

“Why did she protect the sick ones at the expense of the well ones?”
― Robert Kolker, Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family

“I noticed a quote scribbled on a chalkboard that I hadn’t seen on the way in. It was from a play by Oscar Wilde: THE SECRET OF LIFE IS TO APPRECIATE THE PLEASURE OF BEING TERRIBLY, TERRIBLY DECEIVED.”
― Ingrid Fetell Lee, Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness

“Lindsay was a tough kid, donning a mask of self-reliance and stubbornness that served her well through childhood, and then eventually that mask fused to her real face. The question was how well that mask was still working for her now: hypervigilant, uncomfortable with failure, terrified to present herself to others as anything less than perfect.”
― Robert Kolker, Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family