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I don’t want life to be about finding out who I am. That doesn’t work for me at all. I want my life to be about doing well and feeling mildly euphoric a lot of the time, and being a do-gooder, loved and admired by everyone.
Anne Lamott • Dusk, Night, Dawn: On Revival and Courage
Anne Lamott • Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Anne Lamott • Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
For this reason The Book I would pass to my children would contain no sermons, no shoulds and oughts. Genuine love comes from knowledge, not from a sense of duty or guilt. How would you like to be an invalid mother with a daughter who can’t marry because she feels she ought to look after you, and therefore hates you? My wish would be to tell, not h
... See moreAlan W. Watts • The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
I live in fear of bad outcomes—of climate catastrophe, war, aneurysms; and of course, snake attack.
Anne Lamott • Dusk, Night, Dawn: On Revival and Courage
“If you love to read, or learn to love reading, you will have an amazing life. Period. Life will always have hardships, pressure, and incredibly annoying people, but books will make it all worthwhile. In books, you will find your North Star, and you will find you, which is why you are here.
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James Clear • 3-2-1: On the paradox of focus, criticism, and the value of reading
You can love a bad book for its haplessness or pomposity or gall, if you have that starveling appetite for things human, which I devoutly hope you never will have. “The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.” There are pleasures to be found where you would never look for them. That’s a bit of fatherly w
... See moreMarilynne Robinson • Gilead (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel
realized that no children get everything they want.