From 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
You are psychologically incapable of being able to predict what will make you happy. Your brain can only perceive what it's known, so when you choose what you want for the future, you're actually just recreating a solution or ideal of the past.—Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think. Highlighted
The synopses we spend so much time writing are for characters we no longer are. … You cannot always make sense of your coexisting truths.—Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think. 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
You become anxious when anticipating social situations because you feel you cannot just show up as you are, so you will have to perform.—Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think. Highlighted
We expect others to be honest and open with their intentions, especially romantically, but how many people are we keeping on the back burner?—Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think. Highlighted
When was the last time you leapt out of your comfort zone to tell someone you care about them? When was the last time you definitively asked someone on a date?—Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think. Highlighted
We don’t allow others to be messy, but we expect them to lend a comforting shoulder when we’re in pieces.—Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think. Highlighted
You’re not going to be ready for the love of your life when they show up. … And if you deny yourself that relationship because you think you need to do more work beforehand, you’re denying yourself the best growing tool there is.—Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think. Highlighted
Do you assume other people are doing you a favor by giving you love and spending time with you? Do you ever think about the fact that they likely are just as hungry for love?—Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think. Highlighted
Fake kindness isn’t worth it. It makes the world worse.—Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think. Highlighted
When you see somebody else displaying one of these traits, it’s infuriating, not because you inherently dislike it, but because you have to fight your desire to fully integrate it into your whole consciousness. … The things you hate about others are the things you cannot see in yourself.—Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think. Highlighted
We can’t choose whose wreckage can [change the parts of ourselves and our worlds we can’t]. We all start as strangers, but we forget that we rarely choose who ends up a stranger, too.—Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think. Highlighted
We find people irrationally compelling. We find souls made of the same stuff ours are.—Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think. Highlighted
You can be more or less attracted to someone, more or less compatible, but choosing to love and appreciate someone, regardless of those variables is a constant that you can choose.—Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think. Highlighted
The root of the work of being human is learning how to think.—Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think. Highlighted