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It always felt good to be back in Paris. As his cab made its way down the Boulevard Raspail toward Saint-Germain, Sam was struck once again by the beautiful proportions established by Haussmann in the mid-nineteenth century—the generous width of the principal streets, the human-sized buildings, the magnificent gardens, and the unexpected pocket par
... See morePeter Mayle • The Vintage Caper (Sam Levitt Capers Book 1)
“Don’t piss on any happiness or kindness that comes your way. It’s a real sin to decide that an act or a moment is insufficient because it wasn’t the one you hoped for or most needed. I did that for a long time, and I became my own worst enemy, as we often can be.
Life—when you’ve lived a lot of it, as I have—is a series of acts and moments, and su
... See moreYou can use this book as a field guide to spotting and savoring more joy in your surroundings, to help you gain a better understanding of why certain things and places light you up inside. And you can also use it as a palette, to design and craft more joy into your world.
Ingrid Fetell Lee • Joyful: The surprising power of ordinary things to create extraordinary happiness
Instead, I began to see the world as a reservoir of positivity that I could turn to at any time. I found that certain places have a kind of buoyancy—a bright corner café, a local yarn shop, a block of brownstones whose window boxes overflow with blooms—and I started changing my routines to visit them more often.
Ingrid Fetell Lee • Joyful: The surprising power of ordinary things to create extraordinary happiness
Notes & Highlights for Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara
The true secret of happiness lies in the taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.