People only see what they have decided to see. I have learned this lesson one hundred times over.
– from How to Stop Time book by Matt Haig
Sometimes which choice you make is …
Sometimes which choice you make is not as important as making a choice and committing to it.
– from Greenlights book by Matthew McConaughey
Pushing forward in my music career …
Pushing forward in my music career is not my focus at the moment. Right now it’s time for me to try to get my spiritual life in order, to pay attention to the little things, to slow down. It’s time for me not to be someone who other people want; it’s time to actually find myself.
– from The Woman in Me book by Britney Spears
One of the greatest satisfactions of …
One of the greatest satisfactions of gardening is the independence it can confer – from the greengrocer, the florist, the pharmacist, and, for some, the drug dealer.
– from This Is Your Mind on Plants book by Michael Pollan
Having a baby is like getting …
Having a baby is like getting a tattoo on your face. You really need to be certain it’s what you want before you commit.
– from Eat, Pray, Love book by Elizabeth Gilbert
I guess that’s true of people …
I guess that’s true of people in general. They only see what they want to see, even when the truth is right in front of them.
– from The Next Wife book by Kaira Rouda
I am a human being, meant …
I am a human being, meant to be in perpetual becoming. If I am living bravely, my entire life will become a million deaths and rebirths. My goal is not to remain the same but to live in such a way that each day, year, moment, relationship, conversation, and crisis is the material I use to become a truer, more beautiful version of myself. The goal is to surrender, constantly, who I just was in order to become who this next moment calls me to be.
– from Untamed book by Glennon Doyle
Life is like this. Crushing is …
Life is like this. Crushing is there, and success is there. Never only success.
– from The Covenant of Water book by Abraham Verghese
Sometimes, even when you start with …
Sometimes, even when you start with the last page and you think you know everything, a book finds a way to surprise you.
– from Book Lovers book by Emily Henry
Man was matter. Drop him out …
Man was matter. Drop him out a window and he’ll fall. Set fire to him and he’ll burn. Bury him and he’ll rot, like other kinds of garbage. The spirit gone, man is garbage.
– from Catch-22 book by Joseph Heller