Rebecca McFarling

“Like most things, the more we have of something, the less happiness we derive from it. The first slice of cake: awesome. The fifth slice: not so good.”
― Meik Wiking, The Little Book of Lykke: The Danish Search for the World's Happiest People

“Harmony: It's not a competition. We already like you. There is no need to brag about your achievements.”
― Meik Wiking, The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well

“5. GRATITUDE Take it in. This might be as good as it gets.”
― Meik Wiking, The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living

“There’s no reason, on paper at least, why I need these pills to get through life. I had a great childhood, loving parents, the whole package. I wasn’t beaten, abused, or expected to get nothing but As. I had nothing but love and support, but that wasn’t enough somehow. My friend Erin says we all have demons inside us, voices that whisper we’re no good, that if we don’t make this promotion or ace that exam we’ll reveal to the world exactly what kind of worthless sacks of skin and sinew we really are. Maybe that’s true. Maybe mine just have louder voices. But I don’t think it’s as simple as that. The depression I fell into after university wasn’t about exams and self-worth, it was something stranger, more chemical, something that no talking cure was going to fix. Cognitive behavioral therapy, counseling, psychotherapy—none of it really worked in the way that the pills did. Lissie says she finds the notion of chemically rebalancing your mood scary, she says it’s the idea of taking something that could alter how she really is. But I don’t see it that way; for me it’s like wearing makeup—not a disguise, but a way of making myself more how I really am, less raw. The best me I can be.”
― Ruth Ware, The Woman in Cabin 10