“Most adults, by contrast, find it hard to be playful — no doubt because they have to take care of all the responsibilities that come with an adult’s life. Creative adults, however, have not forgotten how to play.”
― Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide
― Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide
“Books are time travel. True readers all know this. But books don’t just take you back to the time in which they were written; they can take you back to different versions of yourself.”
― Eight Perfect Murders
― Eight Perfect Murders
“Anger is inevitable when our lives consist of giving in and going along; when we assume responsibility for other people’s feelings and reactions; when we relinquish our primary responsibility to proceed with our own growth and ensure the quality of our own lives; when we behave as if having a relationship is more important than having a self.”
― The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships
― The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships
“When we do not put our primary emotional energy into solving our own problems, we take on other people’s problems as our own.”
― The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships
― The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships
“You yourself are more responsible for how you are accepted than anyone else. Many people worry about what other people will think of them. But few realize that the world forms its opinion of us, largely from the opinion we have of ourselves.”
― How to Have Confidence and Power in Dealing With People
― How to Have Confidence and Power in Dealing With People
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