quotes/gems
Dreading leaving the house was the devil’s work. If you overcame it, God had something special planned for you.
Haley Nahman • #196: What else is there?
We love to talk in terms of forward and backward, productivity and progress. But whether we’re discussing grief, growth, or gross profit, the path is not straight. A lot of life moves in circles and cycles. And sometimes — hell, maybe all the time — onward is the best we have.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that other people’s reactions often say more about them than they do about us.
Caroline Cala Donofrio • Please Like This Post
As the ancient proverb goes: “Sense has been chasing me all my life, but I am faster.”
Jameela Jamil • WHY, OH WHY, IS SHE DOING THIS?
"I was waiting for something extraordinary to happen, but as the years wasted on, nothing ever did unless I caused it.”
—Charles Bukowski
Ambition often comes with discontent; focus with rigidity; contentment with complacency.
Haley Nahman • #187: Drowning in envy
“The sooner you hit bottom,” Joseph Brodsky once wrote, “the faster you surface.”