Mike Robinson

“There are silly, proper tears now. I’ll let them fall. If you don’t cry sometimes, you’ll end up crying all the time.”
― Richard Osman, The Thursday Murder Club

“Did anyone ever chide you for not listening? And did you ever reply, “Sorry, I was somewhere else”? Well, if you were “somewhere else,” then where were you? And how did you get back again?”
― Russ Harris, The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living: A Guide to ACT

“He makes a careful inventory of his thoughts and decides that he isn’t unhappy. He just desires no further movement, for the time being. If there’s pleasure in action, there’s peace in stillness.”
― Emily St. John Mandel, Sea of Tranquility

“All it required in return was a lifetime of devotion, and given there will always be someone requiring that, there were always volunteers.”
― Richard Osman, The Thursday Murder Club