Alyssa Miller’s Reviews > The Book of Hygge: The Danish Art of Living Well > Status Update

“If we consider and care for each object that we keep, we become producers of meaning rather than consumers of goods.”

Hygge is a celebration of the spontaneous & honest, a step toward a life that is real & uncontrived. It can’t be summoned by the arrangement of a perfect scene or engineered by a carefully styled table. [Its] essence is contained in the seeds of our intentions & will flourish or wither according to how generously those seeds are planted.. It often thrives in the unpredictable & imperfect conditions on the margins.

“The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss — an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. — is sure to be noticed.” - Søren Kierkegaard