That is unquestionably the most astounding thing about us—that we are just a collection of inert components, the same stuff you would find in a pile of dirt. I’ve said it before in another book, but I believe it’s worth repeating: the only
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“You exist. You matter. You have value. You have every right to wear your hoodie, to play your music as loud as you want. You have every right to be you. And no one should deter you from being you. You have to be you. And you can never be afraid to be you.”
― Between the World and Me
― Between the World and Me
“Almost no one ever notices it, but our thumbs are on sideways. The thumbnail faces away from the rest of the fingers.”
― The Body: A Guide for Occupants
― The Body: A Guide for Occupants
“Who you are today . . . that’s who you are. Be brave. Be amazing. Be worthy. And every single time you get the chance? Stand up in front of people. Let them see you. Speak. Be heard. Go ahead and have the dry mouth. Let your heart beat so, so fast. Watch everything move in slow motion. So what. You what? You pass out, you die, you poop? No. (And this is really the only lesson you’ll ever need to know.)”
― Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person
― Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person
“I weighed my options: I could keep trying to convince her that I was serious about wanting her buy-in, or I could just accept the buy-in she’d already put on the table. I went with door number two.”
― How to Host a Viking Funeral
― How to Host a Viking Funeral
“It’s a man’s world and show business is a man’s meal, with women generously sprinkled through it like overqualified spice.)”
― The Princess Diarist
― The Princess Diarist
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