Being a parent makes you feel like a blanket that’s always too small. No matter how hard you try to cover everyone, there’s always someone who’s freezing.
– from Beartown book by Fredrik Backman
Some people don’t ask for what …
Some people don’t ask for what they need. Some people are like religious children that way, mistaking suffering with goodness.
– from The Wedding People book by Alison Espach
Time to get rid of the …
Time to get rid of the filters. Make my life my favorite movie. Live my favorite character. Write my own script. Direct my own story. Be my biography. Make my own documentary, on me. Nonfiction. Live, not recorded. Time to catch that hero I’ve been chasing, see if the sun will melt the wax that holds my wings or if the heat is just a mirage. Live my legacy now. Quit acting like me. Be me.
– from Greenlights book by Matthew McConaughey
The eyes of ordinary people were …
The eyes of ordinary people were the best reflection of the level of civilization in a time and place.
– from The Dark Forest book by Cixin Liu
Grind and sweat, toil and bleed …
Grind and sweat, toil and bleed, face the abyss. It’s all part of becoming an overnight success.
– from The Almanack of Naval Ravikant book by Eric Jorgenson
Hope sustains life. Hope is the …
Hope sustains life. Hope is the elixir of survival during our darkest times. The ability to envision and imagine a brighter day gives meaning to our suffering and renders it bearable. When we lose hope, we lose our central source of strength and resilience.
– from Will book by Will Smith
Our lives are a blink of …
Our lives are a blink of a firefly in the night. You’re just barely here. You have to make the most of every minute.
– from The Almanack of Naval Ravikant book by Eric Jorgenson
The earth may spin on its …
The earth may spin on its axis, but the world revolves around money. Populism, nationalism, isolationism, corruption, trade wars, military wars, health crises, inequality, economic hardship, and financial market bubbles – all of them are connected to money. Money doesn’t just drive a wedge between different classes, races, genders, and countries. It is the wedge.
– from Permanent Distortion book by Nomi Prins
Grief is a selfish bacteria, it …
Grief is a selfish bacteria, it demands all our attention.
– from My Friends book by Fredrik Backman
It’s not a matter of having …
It’s not a matter of having enough raw talent. Talent needs to be channeled and developed in order to become something more than a momentary spark.
– from Building a Second Brain book by Tiago Forte