Changing the world includes changing yourself. Change your beliefs, preferences, acquaintances, hobbies, location, and lifestyle.—Derek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
If you have feelings for someone, and you don’t let that person know, you’re lying with your silence. Be direct. It saves so much trouble and regret.—Derek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
Projecting perfection onto someone is not love. You say “I love you” but really mean “I love this”.—Derek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
Most of what you make will be fertilizer for the few that turn out great.—Derek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
Your imitation of anything will be unrecognizably warped by your own twisted perspective.—Derek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
When you’ve finished a work, wait a while before you release it to the world. By then, you’re on to something new. The public comments won’t affect you, since they will be about your past work.—Derek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
Keep a counterweight job. Something effortless that covers your bills. Something you can do a few hours per day, but otherwise not think about. It gives discipline and regularity to your life.—Derek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
Don’t try to be more right. Just be less wrong.—Derek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
Embrace what’s weird about you, and use it to create. Never think you need to be normal or perfect.—Derek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
Anybody can look at you. It’s quite rare to find someone who sees the same world you see.—John Green, Turtles All the Way Down. Highlighted
Bram was right: people really are like houses with vast rooms and tiny windows. And maybe it’s a good thing, the way we never stop surprising each other.—Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda. Highlighted
Why would a soul want a body? … A soul can’t touch.—Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think. Highlighted
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