quotes

“My father used to say, ‘Don’t Raise your voice. Improve your argument’.”

Losing is a learning experience. It teaches you humility. It teaches you to work harder. It’s also a powerful motivator.

Why can’t I try on different lives, like dresses, to see which one fits best?

If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.

I was 18 when I wrote that,” she reminds me. “That’s the age you are when you think someone can actually take your boyfriend. Then you grow up and realise no one takes someone from you if they don’t want to leave.

And a mistake repeated more than once is a decision.

Not everyone you lose is a loss.

A burnt child loves the fire.

You can ask the universe for all the signs you want, but ultimately, we see what we want to see when we’re ready to see it.

Someone once told me that human beings have three dimensions: how you see yourself, how others see you, and how you want others to see you. The closer the distance between the three dimensions, the more at peace you are and the more stable you become.

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

Grown-ups like numbers. When you tell them about a new friend, they never ask questions about what really matters. They never ask: ‘What does his voice sound like?’ ‘What games does he like best?’ ‘Does he collect butterflies?’ They ask: ‘How old is he?’ ‘How many brothers does he have?’ ‘How much does he weigh?’ ‘How much money does he have?’ Only then do they think they know him. If you tell grown-ups, ‘I saw a beautiful red brick house, with geraniums at the windows and doves at the roof…,’ they won’t be able to imagine such a house. You have to tell them, ‘I saw a house worth a thousand francs.’ Then they exclaim, ‘What a pretty house!’

For what it’s worth: it’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you find you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over again.