There comes a time when the only way to start living is to tell the truth. To be who you really are, even if it is dangerous.âMatt Haig, How to Stop Time. Highlighted
But recently, now, I was starting to feel that you couldnât do mathematics with emotions. In protecting yourself from hurt you could create a new, subtler type of pain.âMatt Haig, How to Stop Time. Highlighted
... A peck on the lips was not just a peck. âWhat was that for?â I asked. I could just about see her smile in the moonlight. It wasnât a flirtatious smile. It was a plain, matter-of-fact one. âFor you to have something else to occupy your mind.â âI am not sure I have ever met someone like you,â I said.âMatt Haig, How to Stop Time. Highlighted
I looked at her for too long, and with too much intensity in my eyes. The way people never look at people any more. I wanted her in every sense. To want is to lack. That is what it means.âMatt Haig, How to Stop Time. 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?âBrianna 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?âBrianna 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?âBrianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think. Highlighted
Fake kindness isnât worth it. It makes the world worse.âBrianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think. Highlighted
I lean into this stranger, seeking primitive comfortâ heat, touch, breathâas we slip into the ancient vulnerability of sleep.âEllen Bass, Mules of love. Highlighted
Sometimes the point is to be sad, August. Sometimes you just have to feel it because it deserves to be felt.âCasey McQuiston, One Last Stop. Highlighted
I could feel his breath, his heart, which was beating too hard and too fast for him to be sleeping.âHazel Hayes, Better by Far. Highlighted
I have the solipsistic sense that my own inner world, and not Tarkovskyâs, is being projected up there for everyone to see.âHazel Hayes, Better by Far. Highlighted
When talking with people, ask deep open-ended questions â like âWhatâs your biggest regret?â â that will lead to unexpected stories.âDerek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
When youâre really learning, youâll feel stupid and vulnerable â like a hermit crab between shells.âDerek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
Practice being uncomfortable, even in small ways. Take the stairs instead of the elevator. Skip eating for a day, or sugar for a month. Go light-weight camping for a week. Befriend discomfort so that youâll never fear it.âDerek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
No matter how honest you are, thereâs always more honest.âDerek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
Invite your dream date to dinner. While everyone else is nervously preparing, you jump right in, unafraid to fail.âDerek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
If you have feelings for someone, and you donât let that person know, youâre lying with your silence. Be direct. It saves so much trouble and regret.âDerek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
When youâve finished a work, wait a while before you release it to the world. By then, youâre on to something new. The public comments wonât affect you, since they will be about your past work.âDerek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
Anybody can look at you. Itâs quite rare to find someone who sees the same world you see.âJohn Green, Turtles All the Way Down. Highlighted
The key to well-being is shared humanity, even though we are pushing further and further toward separation.âCeleste Headlee, Do Nothing. Highlighted