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I could highlight every single page so far with recognition, to some degree. I’m SO EXCITED for this book. It’s for the moms.

Some pretty good advice overall - definitely need to read with a grain of salt for some advice, and read carefully for when certain advice would apply (and when you really should NOT do certain things suggested here, at work). Excited to move on from the “behaviors” section to the the “beliefs” section.

Really interesting insights into religion, spirituality, and the evolution of spiritual teachings throughout history. I am really surprised by how much I’m liking this and enjoying it 👀

“If one knocks oneself out of one’s routine—and in doing so knocks others gently out of theirs—then one can now and again create these momentary opportunities to be better than one is.”

“And I think the whole point of Hell is to show you the full extent of what you wanted. … The upshot is, Hell’s not so bad for the people who are in it. They’re exactly where they wanted to be.”

“She knew she was silly, thinking she could take up space in the world like he did when they presented so differently.” Whew, I feel this.

“That was after all the trick of magick. … [T]he final push to make a spell work was just the power of belief. … You have to assemble enough proof to convince yourself the world could be another way, and as long as you could trick yourself, then you could trick the world. … When it came down to it magic was a wish, a prayer, and a little, anchoring fiction. So was personhood, for that matter.”