Recently Enjoyed Quotes: Fall 2019

From books, articles, podcasts, social media & more, here are some quotes I’ve highlighted, underlined, or scribbled down recently.

Peace is never on the outside and always on the inside.
— Judith Hanson Lasater
Life has much uneasiness; that is certain. Always remember that and it will never surprise you.
— James Boswell
Inspiration is for amateurs, the rest of us just show up and get to work.
— Chuck Close
But home isn’t where you land; home is where you launch. You can’t pick your home any more than you can choose your family. In poker, you get five cards. Three of them you can swap out, but two are yours to keep: family and native land.
— From "An American Marriage" by Tayari Jones
Trevor Noah: “Why do you write about difficult issues?”
Jacqueline Woodson: “Because they exist.
— The Daily Show
A lot of people might think that letting go can happen through thinking, but the deepest part of letting go happens through feeling.
— Young Pueblo
There is just one life for each of us: our own.
— Euripides
The world does not deliver meaning to you. You have to make it meaningful...and decide what you want and need and must do.
— Zadie Smith
I realize that if I wait until I am no longer afraid to act, write, speak, be, I’ll be sending messages on a Ouija board, cryptic complaints from the other side.
— Audre Lorde
Life it too short to be lived badly.
— Marjane Satrapi
Zen pretty much comes down to three things: everything changes, everything is connected, pay attention.
— Jane Hirshfield
She wasn’t a person to whom things happened. She did all the happenings.
— Muriel Spark
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