Meg

“The people who appear the most confident and relaxed are no different from us. They've pushed themselves through fearful situations and told themselves they could make it. The people who are successful are the same as us. They've gone ahead and developed their gifts and talents, and set goals for themselves...We're all working with approximately the same material - humanity. It's how we feel about ourselves that makes the difference. It's what we tell ourselves that makes the difference.”
― Melody Beattie

“The truth is life is full of joy and full of great sorrow, but you can't have one without the other.”
― Andre Dubus III, House of Sand and Fog

“We were made for wonder, but we've settled for entertainment.”
― Jennie Allen, Nothing to Prove: Why We Can Stop Trying So Hard

“It is a lovely oddity of human nature that a person is more inclined to interrupt two people in conversation than one person alone with a book.”
― Amor Towles, Rules of Civility